Inexperienced trust CEOs get extra support after NHSE concerns
Concerns over the number of trusts being run by first-time chief executives has prompted NHS England to offer an increased support package for new leaders, HSJ has learned.
New CEO for trust at centre of funding row
A trust which lost its former chief over a funding row with commissioners has appointed a new permanent chief executive.
CCTV to be used ‘pro-actively’ by trusts to combat abuse
Mental health trusts are exploring wider use of CCTV to review incidents of seclusion or restraint in response to high-profile abuse scandals, HSJ has learned.
HSJ’s 10 most read integration stories of 2022
As we get ready to say goodbye to 2022, HSJ takes a look back at the 10 most read integration stories of the year.
HSJ’s 10 most read mental health stories of 2022
As we get ready to bid farewell to 2022, HSJ looks back at the 10 most read mental health stories of the year.
Campaigning MP to chair foundation trust
A long-serving Labour MP is leaving the Commons after 17 years and will join a mental health trust as its chair, HSJ can reveal.
Trust 'hiding serious harm and death' report
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Trust chief quits after funding row with ICS
A mental health chief is stepping down after a breakdown in relations with local integrated care system leaders over the funding for her organisation, HSJ has learned.
‘Unprecedented numbers’ sent hundreds of miles for a bed
Parts of the country are seeing ‘unprecedented’ numbers of ‘inappropriate’ out of area placements for mental health patients, despite a flagship national ambition to eliminate these cases.
North by North West: How to help social care
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Health system sees covid occupancy double in a week
Hospitals in Lancashire have reported a steep rise in covid patients, with the numbers more than doubling over the last seven days.
Revealed: Beds for children hit ‘crisis point’ amid covid demand surge
Availability of inpatient child and adolescent mental health services beds — particularly for eating disorders — has reached ‘crisis point’, with young people left waiting on a standard paediatric ward or at home as demand surged during the covid pandemic.
Regulator sorry for manager’s ‘five years of hell’
Regulators have apologised to a health manager who went through “five years of hell” while being investigated for misconduct, before being told there was no case to answer.
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Current cash envelope not enough to deal with covid aftermath, says CEO
Mental health funding provided by the government’s five-year settlement will not be enough to deal with an expected surge in demand after the coronavirus pandemic, according to a trust chief executive.
Two-thirds of trusts failing to protect staff from violence
Around two-thirds of NHS providers were found to be breaking laws aimed at protecting staff from violence and aggression, when inspected by the Health and Safety Executive, information released to HSJ reveals.