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Tag Archives: Bullying
In the News: Reproduced Without Interpretation or Comment (The Guardian)
Summary “The country’s largest dementia charity, the Alzheimer’s Society, has been accused of spending as much as £750,000 on payouts to staff who agreed to sign non-disclosure agreements, according to a whistleblower complaint… ). Full Text Link Reference Murphy, S. … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Charitable Bodies, In the News, National, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Allegations of Unlawful Discrimination and Harassment in Workplace, Ban on Clauses Intended to Prevent Public Interest Disclosures, Bullying, Charity Commission, Freedom to Speak Up Report: Principle 3: Culture Free From Bullying, Guardian (Newspaper), Mishcon de Reya, Misuse of Charitable Funds on Unnecessary Payments (Whistleblower Allegation), Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), Speechless Disbelief, Whistleblowing
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Resources and Announcements for World Mental Health Day (WHO / Public Health England / NHS England / DHSC / Mind)
Summary There has been a flurry of new resources, announcements and initiatives in anticipation of World Mental Health Day, which falls on October 10th 2019. Every Mind Matters: a Mental Health Hub for the General Public Public Health England (PHE), … Continue reading →
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, International, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, NHS Improvement, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton, World Health Organization (WHO)
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Tagged 4 Weeks Waiting Times Standard for Adult and Older Adult CMHTs, Adult NHS Gambling Clinics, Anna Freud Centre, Anne Longfield: Children’s Commissioner for England, Anxiety, Awareness, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Campaigns, Awareness Raising, Behavioural Addictions, Beyond Integrated Care: Population Health Systems, Black Thrive: Lambeth, Buckinghamshire Healthlocker: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (Global Digital Exemplar), Bullying, Cambridge and Peterborough Sustainability and Transformation Partnership, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust: PRISM (Primary Care Mental Health Service), CAMHS Services, Care Programme Approach (CPA), Certitude Lower Road Forensic Service: Lewisham, Cheshire and Merseyside Sustainability and Transformation Partnership, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), Children and Young People’s Mental Health, Children and Young People’s Wellbeing - State of the Nation Report (Department for Education 2019), Children’s Commissioner, City of Wolverhampton Council Public Health, Claire Murdoch: NHS England’s National Director for Mental Health, Clinically-led Review of NHS Access Standards: Four-Week Waiting Times for Adult and Older Adult CMHTs, Collaborative Working, Collaborative Working in Local Communities, Community Connection, Community Connections, Community Mental Health Framework, Community Mental Health Services, Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs), Community Restart (Restart Social Inclusion Service): Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, Complex Mental Health Difficulties, Compulsive Gambling, Connecting People Intervention: University of York, CPA: Care Programme Approach, Cyberbullying, Dedicated Mental Health Workforce in Schools, Department for Education, Department of Health and Social Care (Formerly the Department of Health), Dominic Williamson: Executive Director of Policy and Strategy at St Mungo’s, Dr Clare Gerada: Medical Director of NHS Practitioner Health, Dr Henrietta Bowden-Jones: Director of National Centre for Internet and Gaming Addictions, Enhanced Health in Care Homes (EHCH) Model, Every Mind Matters Campaign (Mental Health Awareness), Every Mind Matters Campaign (PHE), Four-Week Waiting Times for Adult and Older Adult CMHTs, Frimley Health and Care Integrated Care System, Gambling Addiction, Gambling Disorders, Gaming and Internet Addiction, Gaming Disorder, Head 4 Health (Wolverhampton), Head4Health (Wolves.co.uk), Health Infrastructure Plan, Herefordshire and Worcestershire Sustainability and Transformation Partnership, Hertfordshire and West Essex Sustainability and Transformation Partnership, Homelessness, Homelessness: Mental Health Outreach for Rough Sleepers, Humber Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership, IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Improving Access to Mental Health Services, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT), Improving Homeless Health, Improving Perinatal Mental Health, Improving Population Mental Health, Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983, Inequalities in Mental Health Care, Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), International Association for Suicide Prevention, Internet Addiction, Lincolnshire Sustainability and Transformation Partnership, Liverpool Advice on Prescription in Primary Care, Local Solutions: Place-Based Approaches, Local Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), Local VCSE Sector, Maximising Continuity of Care and Avoidance of Cliff-Edges in Care Drop-Off, Men in Sheds, Mental Health and Homelessness, Mental Health and Illness, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health Inequalities, Mental Health Outreach for Rough Sleepers, Mental Health Services for Rough Sleepers, Mental Health Trailblazer Schools, Mental Well-Being, Mental Wellbeing, Mind, Mind at Work, National Centre for Behavioural Addictions, National Centre for Internet and Gaming Addictions, National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH), National Problem Gambling Clinic, NHS Gambling Clinics, NHS Healthy Minds, NHS Long Term Plan (2019), NHS Long-Term Plan, NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan (NHS England 2019), NHS OneYou, NHS Practitioner Health, NHS Wolverhampton CCG, North East London Sustainability and Transformation Partnership, North West London Sustainability and Transformation Partnership, Northern Gambling Service Clinic (Leeds), Oonagh Smyth: Executive Director of Strategy and Influence at Mencap, Out of Area Placements (OAPs), P3, Paediatric and Neonatal Medicine, Parity Between Mental and Physical Health, Parity of Esteem, Pathfinder Clinical Service: Pathfinder West Sussex, Pathological Gambling, Paul Farmer (Mind), Perinatal Mental Health Services, PHE: Public Health England, Physical Health Care for People With Severe Mental Illness, Place-Based Mental Health, Place-Based Planning, Population Health and Mental Health Improvement, Premier League and Professional Footballers Association (PLPFA), Premier League and Professional Footballers' Association Community Fund, Primary Care Networks (PCNs), PRISM (Primary Care Mental Health Service): Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Proactive Population Health, Problem Gambling, Problem Gambling: Mental Health Support, Professor Peter Fonagy: CEO of Anna Freud Centre, Professor Wendy Burn: President of Royal College of Psychiatrists, Project Future: Haringey, Psychological Wellbeing in Teenage Girls, Psychology in Hostels Project: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Public Health England (PHE), Rainbow Alliancee: Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Recovery Near You, Reducing Out of Area Placements (OAPs), Refugee and Migrant Centre, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Royal College of Psychiatrists: National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP: Prime Minister, Rt Hon Gavin Williamson CBE MP, Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, Sean Duggan: Chief Executive of Centre for Mental Health, Self-Care, Self-Care Programmes, SIFA Fireside: Birmingham, Simon Stevens: Chief Executive of NHS England, Sleep, Sleep Hygiene, Social Prescribing, Somerset Sustainability and Transformation Partnership, South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Integrated Care System, Specialist Mental Health Support Teams for Schools, St Mungo’s Broadway, St Peter’s Medical Centre: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Starfish, State of the Nation 2019: Children and Young People’s Wellbeing (Department for Education 2019), State of the Nation Report on World Mental Health Day (Annually 2019-), Stigma of Mental Health Problems, Stigma Reduction, Stress, Suicide, Suicide Prevention, Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care System, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs), Tackling Stigma and Improving Attitudes to Mental Illness, The Life Rooms: Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, The Pod: Coventry, Transforming Mental Health in Your Community: a Local Guide to Delivering the NHS Long-Term Plan (Mind), United for Global Mental Health, Unmet Mental Health Needs, Voluntary and Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Sector, Voluntary Community Social Enterprise (VCSE), Westminster Older Adults Integrated Community Mental Health and Home Treatment Team: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, Westongrove Partnership (Care Navigator Pilot): Aylesbury, WHO: World Mental Health Day 2019, Wolverhampton Clinical Commissioning Group, Wolverhampton Samaritans, Wolverhampton Wanderers Foundation, Wolves.co.uk, World Federation for Mental Health, World Health Organization (WHO), World Mental Health Day, World Mental Health Day 2019: Focus on Suicide Prevention, World Mental Health Day 2019: Working Together to Prevent Suicide, World Mental Health Day: Organised by the World Federation for Mental Health, Young People’s Community Mental Health Services, Young People’s Hospital Mental Health Learning Disability and Autism Care Taskforce
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NHS Culture, Patient Safety and Care Quality (Lancaster University)
Summary This report from Lancaster University investigates culture and behaviour in the NHS. It asserts that there are times when the quality of care in the English NHS may be compromised by a lack of clearly defined goals, over-regulation, and … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Absenteeism, Active Engagement, Annual Health Check (AHC), Aston Team Performance Inventory (ATPI), Aston University, Barriers and Facilitators to Participation, Barriers to Integration, Board Innovativeness, Bright Spots, Bullying, Bureaucracy, Care Quality, Civility, Compassion, Competitiveness, Cooperation, Cultural Leadership, Culture, Culture Change, Dark Spots, Definitional Morass, Department of Health Policy Research Programme, Discontinuities in Care, Engagement, Ethnographic Analysis, Francis Inquiry Report, Handover, Harassment, Hospital Mortality, Incentives, Incident Reporting, Initiatives, Innovative Leadership, Inter-Team Working, Lancaster University, Lancaster University Management School, Leadership, Leadership and Culture, Lean and Six Sigma, Listening into Action (LiA), NAPP (National Association for Patient Participation), National Association for Patient Participation, National Staff Survey and Acute Inpatient Survey, NHS Culture, NHS National Staff Survey Data, Organisational Culture and Climate, Over-Regulation, Overcoming Barriers, Patient and Public Involvement, Patient Experience, Patient Mortality, Patient Participation, Patient Safety, PDSA (Plan-Do-Study-Act) Cycles, Presenteeism, Priority Thickets, Quality, Quality and Safety in the NHS, Quality Improvement, Responsibility Cordons, Safety, Safety Express, Staff Engagement, Standards, Targets, Team Culture, Team Working, Teams, The Productive Ward, Tick Box Culture, Trust Boards, Trust Leadership, University of Aberdeen, University of Birmingham, University of Leicester, University of Sheffield, Variability in Courtesy Compassion and Caring, Variability in Management and Systems, Variability in Quality and Safety of Care, Work Pressure
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Patient-Centred Leadership: Rediscovering NHS Purpose (King’s Fund)
Summary This report explores findings from the Francis Inquiry about failings of care at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust regarding NHS leadership and culture. It discusses what steps might help to avoid comparable failures in future, and looks into three … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), King's Fund, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, RCN, Royal College of Physicians, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospitals, Boards, Bullying, Candour, Care in General Hospitals, Care Quality, Care Quality Commission, Clinical Leadership, CNO Summit (2014), Command-and-Control Leadership, Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health (CPPIH), Consequences of the Francis Inquiry Report, Contractual Duty of Candour, Culture, Culture Change, Culture of Compassionate Care, Culture of Zero-Harm, Defensive Leadership, DIMPLE (Diabetes Improvement through Mentoring and Peer-led Education) Project, Doctors as Clinical Leaders, Experience-Based Co-Design (EBCD), Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management, Foundation Trust Status, Francis Inquiry, Francis Inquiry Report: Executive Summary, Francis Inquiry Report: Full Report, Francis Report, Friends and Family Test (NHS), Fundamental Standards, Gagging Clause Culture, General Hospitals, Jane Cummings: Chief Nursing Officer for England, King’s Fund Leadership Survey 2013, Kingston General Hospital: Ontario, Leadership, Leadership and Culture, Leadership by Patients, Leadership Concept, Leadership Development, Leadership for Culture Change, Leadership in the NHS, Leadership: Professionals From BME Backgrounds, Listening into Action (LiA), Low Morale, Managers in Partnership, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry, Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust, Monitor, National NHS Leadership, NHS Constitution, NHS Culture, NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS Leadership, NHS Leadership Academy, NHS Leadership Academy (NHS LA), NHS Professionals, NHS Quest, NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA), NHS Trust Development Authority (NTDA), Nurses as Clinical Leaders, Nursing Standards, Openness, Patient and Public Involvement Forums (PPIFs), Patient Experience, Patient-Centred Culture, Patient-Centred Leadership, Patients First and Foremost, Patients Not Heard, Poor Governance, Positive Culture, Preventable Hospital Mortality, Professional Disengagement, Putting Patients First: NHS England Business Plan 2013/14 – 2015/16, Quality Improvement, RCGP, Reactions to the Francis Inquiry Report, Rediscovering NHS Purpose, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, Responses to the Francis Inquiry Report, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), Royal College of Midwives, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospital NHS Trust, Shaping Culture, Sir Robert Francis QC, Six C’s (Jane Cummings: Chief Nursing Officer for England), Staff Motivation, Stafford, Statutory Duty of Candour, Target-Driven Priorities, Task-Centred Care, Teams, Tick Box Culture, Time-Task Culture, Warning Signs, West Midlands
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Safe Staffing Alliance Warning on Hospital Nurses Staffing Levels (BBC News / RCN)
Summary The Safe Staffing Alliance has issued a warning about hospital ward staffing levels in England. The recommended nursing staff to patients ratio is thought to be 1 to 4, but is reported that hospital wards regularly have registered nurses looking after eight patients; which could be unsafe … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, King's Fund, Mental Health, National, NHS, Patients Association, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, RCN, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, BBC Health News, Beyond Breaking Point 2012 Survey, Bullying, Care and Compassion, Compassion and Care, Compassion in Practice: Action Areas, Compassionate Care, Compassionate Care in Acute Hospital Settings, Creating Time to Care, Culture, Delayed Transfers of Care, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dignity on the Ward, Elderly Care Nurses, Enabling Compassionate Care in Acute Hospital Settings, Fear of Raising Concerns About Care, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Guilt, Harassment, Health and Safety Executive (HSE), HSE Management Standards, Management Standards: Change, Management Standards: Control, Management Standards: Demands, Management Standards: Managerial Support, Management Standards: Peer Support, Management Standards: Role, Managing Sickness Absence, Mental Wellbeing, Monitor, NHS Culture, NHS Data, NHS Finance, NHS Performance, NHS Productivity, NHS Trust Development Authority, NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA), NHS Waiting Times, Nursing Demographics, Occupational Health, Occupational Health Services, Older Workers, Patient to Nurse Ratios, Patients Per Nurse, Physical Wellbeing, Practical and Emotional Support, Presenteeism, Punitive Approaches to Sickness Absence Management, Quarterly Monitoring Reports, Raising Concerns About Staffing, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Safe Staffing Alliance, Safe Staffing Levels, Shift Working, Social Care, Staff Wellbeing, Staffing (Hospitals), Staffing Levels, Stress, Stress in the Workplace, Time to Care, Unison, Violence and Aggression, Waiting Times, Ward Staffing Levels, Work-Related Stress, Workplace Culture, Workplace Stress Risk Assessments
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