All articles by Rebecca Thomas – Page 14
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NewsPanel to scrutinise children’s services as safety concerns grow
NHS England has set up an independent board to scrutinise inpatient mental health, learning disabilities and autism services for children and young people, amid growing safety concerns nationally.
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HSJ LocalHigh profile CEO to step down next year
Stuart Bell, chief executive of Oxford Health Foundation Trust, has announced he is due to retire next year.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: An inpatient care crisis
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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HSJ LocalFinancially-challenged CCG appoints new chief ahead of merger
Shropshire, and Telford and Wrekin clinical commissioning groups have appointed a joint accountable officer ahead of their upcoming merger in 2020.
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NewsNHS England director backs tighter recruitment checks
NHS England’s national director for mental health is considering asking trusts to look at their recruitment processes, after discovering her own trust had hired a nurse who previously falsified a care plan.
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NewsTrust and agency investigating ‘false claims’ over patient death
A trust and the NHS’ staffing agency have launched an investigation after a coroner found two nurses and a healthcare assistant may have lied about carrying out patient observations.
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NewsHancock gives controversial reconfiguration the green light
Matt Hancock has given a controversial A&E reconfiguration the green light following almost a decade of delays.
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Half of flagship new care models made no savings - evaluation
Half of NHS England’s flagship new care models for mental health did not make “significant savings”, an independent evaluation has suggested.
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NewsOmbudsman probes failings of its own investigation
The Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman has launched a review of failings in relation to an investigation into the death of a young woman with anorexia, HSJ has learned.
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NewsRegulators tell trusts to ‘learn lessons’ from deaths in 2008 and 2012
NHS regulators have warned trusts to heed the learnings of an ombudsman report into the deaths of two patients, ahead of their own review into patient safety failings.
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NewsLabour: ‘No chance’ of government passing NHSE’s legislation
The government “has got no chance of getting” NHS legislation – as proposed by NHS England – through Parliament, the shadow health secretary has said.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Growth forecast for private providers
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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NewsCoroners warn city’s patients at risk from communication failure
Patients experiencing a mental health crisis in Birmingham are at risk as the police, mental health trust and the city council are not working together or communicating, coroners have warned.
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HSJ LocalGPs reject merger ‘driven by NHS England’
GPs have voted against proposals to merge six clinical commissioning groups in Staffordshire, after being told the plans were “driven by NHS England”, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrust takes over specialist service after row
A mental health trust is to take over a contract for children’s autism services following a dispute between a private provider and local commissioners.
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HSJ LocalFifth standalone community trust rated ‘outstanding’
A fifth standalone community trust has been rated “outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsCQC demands trust act as patients wait up to eight days for a bed
A mental health trust has closed its patient waiting area due to a threat from the Care Quality Commission, which its chief has said will mean people waiting longer in A&E.
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NewsHealth minister is moved back to previous role after just two months
A new health minister has been appointed to the Department of Health and Social Care following a cabinet reshuffle this week.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: 12-hour breaches set to rise
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector.
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NewsRevealed: The trusts testing latest round of emergency targets
New mental health emergency care targets will be trialled across 11 NHS organisations and one social enterprise, NHS England has confirmed.