NHS England has today published an independent report into the deaths of people with a learning disability or mental health problem at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, and highlighted a system-wide response.
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The UK government has been urged to launch an investigation into the provision of mental healthcare in England, after new figures showed that the number of reports of patients dying unexpectedly has risen 21% over the past three years. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens
Older patients and people with long term conditions and mental health problems will be among the first to benefit from a major new drive to modernise how the NHS delivers care.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos today (Friday 22nd), NHS England Chief Executive Simon Stevens will launch the first wave of NHS Innovation ‘Test Beds’.
These collaborations between the NHS and innovators – including Verily (formerly Google Life Sciences), IBM and Philips – aim to harness technology to address some of the most complex issues facing patients and the health service.
Frontline health and care workers in seven areas will pioneer and evaluate the use of novel combinations of interconnected devices such as wearable monitors, data analysis and ways of working which will help patients stay well and monitor their conditions themselves at home.
Data from report is translated onto a map showing 'unacceptably high' level of early deaths in Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin and 'as expected' in Staffordshire.
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Marguerite Regan, the Mental Health Foundation’s Policy Manager, sets out why today’s speech by the Prime Minister highlights that mental health has risen up the policy agenda but represents a missed opportunity to underline the importance of prevention.
Almost a billion pounds of investment, targeted support for new mums and the first ever waiting time targets for teenagers with eating disorders, will all be announced by the Prime Minister today as he uses a keynote speech to take on the taboo of poor mental health and transform services across the country.
The announcements will come as part of a speech focused on the government’s plans to transform people’s life chances and begin a new approach to put a stop to poverty.
Infographic with some quick figures about mental health in the UK, including the impact on business. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens
Academics from across Australia, Wales and England will join with University Centre Shrewsbury (UCS) tutors to launch their new book which provides an introduction to mental health at each stage of life.
The publishing of Mental Health Across the Lifespan will be celebrated at a free event on Tuesday 8 March 2016, held in partnership with Routledge Publishers at UCS’ learning and research base.
People are invited to Guildhall in Frankwell Quay to hear from seven of the authors who have contributed to the book, representing a diverse range of expertise.
Delayed transfers of care occur when a person remains in a hospital or a mental health bed for longer than they clinically need to be there. This is a growing problem for the NHS. In mental health, the latest figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre show that, in October 2015, there were 23,321 ‘bed days’ - about 3% of all bed days that month - lost through delayed transfers of care in mental health settings. Analyses of available data have estimated that delayed transfers in mental health affect about 6,000 service users, absorb one in 20 bed days and cost the NHS £2 million a year.
NHS England’s moratorium on commissioning new specialised mental health services helped deliver new demand and a return to real terms growth for independent providers, according to new research. Please contact the library to receive a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
The Royal College of GPs has responded to a column published in the Evening Standard last week, written by Nick Clegg MP, that claimed GPs are not trained to spot and respond to mental health problems as part of their qualifications. The following letter has been published by the Standard today.
Dear sir,
We were extremely disappointed to read that Nick Clegg is so ill-informed about the role of GPs and the services we provide for patients with mental health problems.
GPs take mental health very seriously; it is key part of the RCGP training curriculum and all GP trainees must demonstrate competence of this in order to practise independently in the UK......................
PERFORMANCE: Older people’s mental health wards across Sussex require improvement, according to the Care Quality Commission. Please contact the library to receive a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai