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Tag Archives: Liberal Democrats
Recent Information on Restraint in Mental Health Trusts, Plus Statistics on Other Safeguarding Topics (BBC News / NHS Digital)
Summary Freedom of information requests made by the Liberal Democrats have revealed that the use of restraint by mental health trusts in England has increased yearly since 2013, despite repeated calls over recent years for restraint to be minimised. It … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Stroke, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse, Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Acute Care, Adult Safeguarding, Adult Safeguarding Concerns and Enquiries, Adult Social Care Analytical Hub, Avoidable Harm, Community and Mental Health Trusts, Councils with Social Services Responsibilities, Culture of Zero-Harm, De-Escalation Techniques, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), DoLS in Hospitals, Dr Sridevi Kalidindi: Royal College of Psychiatrists, Ethical Considerations, Ethical Dilemmas, Ethics and Decision-Making, Experimental Statistics, Face-Down Restraint, FOI: Freedom of information, Freedom of Information, Government Policy on Adult Safeguarding, Harm Free Care, Human Rights, Human Rights and Nursing, Identification and Reporting of Problems, Incident Reporting, Least Restrictive Principle, Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb: Former Health Minister (Coalition Government), Liberal Democrats, Making Safeguarding Personal (MSP), Medical Ethics, Mental Capacity, Mental Health Hospitals, Mental Health Trusts, Mental Healthcare, Mind, Neglect and Acts of Omission, NHS Digital, NHS Digital (Formerly the Health and Social Care Information Centre), NHS Digital: Annual Report for England (2016-17), NHS Digital: Safeguarding Adults Collection (SAC), NHS Mental Health Trusts in England, Norman Lamb MP, Openness and Transparency, Openness. Transparency, Physical Restraint, Physical Restraint in Hospital Settings, Physical Restraint in Mental Healthcare, Psychiatric Hospitals, Recording and Reporting, Reporting Culture in the NHS, Restraint, Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Restraint in Mental Health Trusts, Restrictive Practices, Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Adults Collection, Safeguarding Adults Collection (SAC): Annual Report for England (2016-17), Safeguarding Adults Principles, Safeguarding Adults Reports, safeguarding Adults Reviews, Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs), Safeguarding Older People, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Unintended Consequences, Use of Reasonable Force, Vicki Nash: Mind
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NHS England Publishes Official Mazars Report into Southern Health NHSFT (BBC News / Mazars / NHS England / NHS Improvement / CQC)
Summary NHS England has released the independent report by Mazars (an early copy of which was leaked a week before) concerning the deaths of people with learning disabilities or mental health problems at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust. “The report … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, CQC: Care Quality Commission, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, NHS Improvement, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, Universal Interest
Tagged Avoidable Premature Mortality, BBC Health News, BBC Panorama, Buckinghamshire, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care of Vulnerable Adults, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Connor Sparrowhawk, Critical Incidents, Disability Mortality Review Programme, Discrimination, Dorset, FOI: Freedom of information, Freedom of Information, Guardian, Hampshire, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities and Premature Mortality for People With Learning Disabilities, Health Inequalities in England, Hospital Episode Statistics Linked to Mental Health Minimum Data Set, Inquest (Charity), Jim Mackey: Chief Executive of NHS Improvement, Katrina Percy: Chief Executive of Southern Health NHSFT, Learning, Learning Disabilities, Learning Disabilities: Data and Information, Learning Disabilities: Improving Health Outcomes, Learning Disabilities: Monitoring Service Quality, Learning Disabilities: NHS England Initiatives, Learning Disabilities: Regulation and Inspection, Learning Disability (LD) Transforming Care Programme, Liberal Democrats, Mazars, Mazars Report into Southern Health NHSFT, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Data Set (MHLDMDS), Mental Health Minimum Data Set (MHMDS), Mental Health Trusts, Monitor, National Learning Disabilities Mortality Review Programme, National Learning Disability Mortality Review Programme, National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS), NHS England South, Openness, Openness and Transparency, Oxfordshire, Panorama (BBC TV), Parity of Esteem, Patient Safety and Advancing Change Teams (From NHS England), People With Learning Disabilities, Prejudice, Premature Mortality, Protecting Vulnerable People, Quality Improvement, Reducing Health Inequalities, Reducing Premature Mortality, Serious Incidents Requiring Investigation (SIRIs), SIRI: Serious Incident Requiring Investigation, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, St rategic Executive Information System ( StEIS ), Transforming Care for People with Learning Disabilities, Transforming Care for People with Learning Disabilities Programme, Transparency, Transparency and Public Trust, Unexpected Deaths in Hospital, Unexpected Deaths in Mental Health Trusts, University of Bristol, Vulnerable Groups, Vulnerable Older People, Wiltshire, Working With Families
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Concerning the Handling of Health Inequalities and Premature Mortality in Learning Disabilities and Mental Health Patients: An Isolated Institution or Indications of a Broader Culture? (BBC News / Mazars / NHS England)
Summary If experience at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust is anything to go by, there is plenty of scope for progress. According to a report by Mazars, and commissioned by NHS England, examining deaths at this trust in particular, the … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, NHS Improvement, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, Universal Interest
Tagged Avoidable Premature Mortality, BBC Health News, BBC South, BBC’s Panorama, Buckinghamshire, Care and Treatment Reviews, Care and Treatment Reviews (CTRs), Care for Vulnerable Older People, Care of Vulnerable Adults, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Connor Sparrowhawk, Critical Incidents, Criticised Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, Deaths of Young People in Mental Health Units, Deborah Coles: Director of Inquest, Discrimination, Dorset, Family Involvement, FOI: Freedom of information, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Freedom of Information, Hampshire, Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities and Premature Mortality for People With Learning Disabilities, Health Inequalities in England, Honesty and Transparency, Katrina Percy: Chief Executive of Southern Health NHSFT, Katrina Percy: Former Chief Executive of Southern Health NHSFT, Learning Disabilities, Learning Disabilities: Data and Information, Learning Disabilities: Empowering Individuals, Learning Disabilities: Improving Health Outcomes, Learning Disabilities: Monitoring Service Quality, Learning Disabilities: NHS England Initiatives, Learning Disabilities: Regulation and Inspection, Learning Disability (LD) Transforming Care Programme, Liberal Democrats, Mazars, Mental Health In-Patient Deaths Under-Reported, Mike Petter: Former Chairman of Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, Norman Lamb: Underfunding of Mental Healthcare is a Form of Discrimination, Openness and Transparency, Oxfordshire, Panorama (BBC TV), Parity of Esteem, People With Learning Disabilities, Prejudice, Premature Mortality, Private Psychiatric Units (Not Subject to FoI Requests), Project Choice, Protecting Vulnerable People, Reducing Health Inequalities, Reducing Premature Mortality, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, Serious Incidents Requiring Investigation (SIRIs), SIRI: Serious Incident Requiring Investigation, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, Tim Smart: Replacement Chairman of Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, Transforming Care (Winterbourne View) Improvement Programme, Transforming Care for People with Learning Disabilities, Transforming Care for People with Learning Disabilities Programme, Transparency, Transparency and Public Trust, Under-Reporting of Mental Health In-Patient Mortality, Unexpected Deaths in Hospital, University of Bristol, Vulnerable Groups, Vulnerable Older People, Wiltshire, Winterbourne View: Transforming Care, Young Psychiatric Patients in Private Psychiatric Units (Not Subject to FoI Requests)
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