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Government considers Green Paper criticising its approach to mental health care for children and young people as published on Health Service Journal website

Articles & Publications / By Ridouts Solicitors

The week commencing 14 May 2018 was National Mental Health Awareness Week. Amongst the many events organised to mark this, the All-Party Parliamentary Health Group and CLOSER (a research centre bringing together the UK’s leading longitudinal studies) held a joint seminar on ‘Tackling mental health problems in children and young people: the importance of early …

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Care B+B – As published in Health Service Journal

Articles & Publications / By Paul Ridout

According to HSJ, at the end of February there was a strong suggestion that the NHS could seek to effect a saving by discharging patients into private domestic accommodation provided by property owners with no care qualifications. There is said to be a safeguarding concern; what a surprise! On the face of it swapping NHS …

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HSJ Insight and Influence Channel – Winter Pressures- A Partial Solution

Articles & Publications / By Paul Ridout

As first published in the HSJ Insight and Influence Channel. We are in mid-Winter. We were told the NHS was never better prepared. A significant ‘flu “epidemic”, relatively unusual cold conditions and a difficult Christmas (most of which were unpredictable) have all intervened. Confidence has been shattered. We have all viewed images, designed to be …

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Fears sparked as a widening funding gap between acute hospitals and mental health care providers emerges

News / By Jaime Streete

The King’s Fund recently published a report which showed a widening funding gulf between acute hospitals and mental health trusts. The slow rate of funding growth for mental health trusts and the preferential use of the Sustainability and Transformation Fund to stabilise financial and operational performance has widened the funding gap between NHS mental health …

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A lack of funding is failing patients with continuing healthcare needs

News / By Jaime Streete

Yesterday, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) published a report which revealed that the funding system for continuing healthcare needs is failing patients. The report suggested that people with continuing healthcare needs, such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and multiple Sclerosis at a disadvantage when it comes to funding and being told about funding. The report warns that …

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A halt to routine inspections to deal with the increased pressure on the health and social care system

News / By Jaime Streete

Most are aware of the severe pressures NHS hospitals have been experiencing over the winter period. Tens of thousands of operations have been cancelled in January alone and most outpatient clinics have been closed to help the NHS deal with the surge of patients attending hospital. With frontline staff and leaders under a considerable amount …

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NHS England to set up new specialist community mental health teams for high risk patients

News / By Jaime Streete

NHS England is currently preparing to invest in setting up a new specialist forensic community mental health team across the country. These teams will help high acuity patients by supporting them safely assimilate back into the community. Providers will have the opportunity to bid up to £1.2m to expand treatment for mental health patients who …

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Ongoing consultation on a three-way merger to create the largest NHS Trust yet

News / By Jaime Streete

A public consultation is currently underway until the 9th of March on a merger between three NHS hospitals. Basildon, Broomfield and Southend hospital are considering merging in an effort to modernise services and improve the reliability and safety of patients. The hospitals are run by a joint executive group and have been working in collaboration …

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Trusts that fail to adopt NEWS2 could lose a percentage of their income

News / By Jaime Streete

NHS England and NHS Improvement have formally encouraged use of the NEWS2 system in the NHS. NEWS2 is an updated version of the early warning system which was introduced in 2012. It is an aggregate scoring system in which a score is allocated to physiological measurements, already recorded in routine practice, when patients present to, …

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Social care leaders urge NHS bosses to let care homes do more to help with winter pressures

News / By Jaime Streete

Due to the severe pressures NHS hospitals have been experiencing over the winter period, hospitals are being told to let care homes do more to help. Martin Green, chief executive of Care England, said:- “The NHS Acute Trusts could significantly reduce winter pressures by establishing long-term relationships with independent care providers. The care sector has …

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