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Police opens investigation into abuse at mental health hospital revealed by BBC

Community Care

Police have opened an investigation into abuse of patients at a mental health hospital uncovered by the BBC. Panorama filmed staff assaulting , inappropriately restraining and secluding and verbally abusing and humiliating patients at the Edenfield Centre run by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

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Older people unlawfully detained in mental health hospitals because of poor DoLS practice, warns CQC

Community Care

Older people are being unlawfully detained in mental health hospitals “in very many cases” because of poor practice around the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), the Care Quality Commission has warned. AMHPs making greater use of Mental Health Act powers to tackle crises or suspected abuse or neglect.

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Healthcare Workforce Safety: Nurse Safety and Patient Safety Go Hand in Hand

Relias

­Healthcare workforce safety depends on both nurse safety and patient safety. Patients depend on competent, compassionate care, physical security, and the satisfaction of knowing they’re well cared for. Conversely, inadequate staffing negatively impacts nurse safety and patient safety.

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Healthcare Workforce Safety: Nurse Safety and Patient Safety Go Hand in Hand

Relias

­Healthcare workforce safety depends on both nurse safety and patient safety. Patients depend on competent, compassionate care, physical security, and the satisfaction of knowing they’re well cared for. Conversely, inadequate staffing negatively impacts nurse safety and patient safety.

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Not a single version - of truth or of the report

Learning Social Worker

We have found, during our research for Forever Gone: Losing Count of Patient Deaths (7th August 2023) that there are NHS trusts who seem to investigate the majority of their deaths and have more open and transparent ways of reporting them. The culture at NSFT has been described as unsafe. This has happened in plain sight, in THEIR sight.

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Telehealth is Gaining Traction, but do Mental Health Providers Like It?

Society of Clinical Psychology

Similar to Skype or Facetime, TMH-V allows providers to deliver psychotherapy, medication management, or assessment to clinics without on-site mental health services or directly to patients’ homes. The potential benefits of TMH-V are clear, and patients report being satisfied with this mode of care delivery overall (Kruse et al.,

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New Peripartum Depression Study Shows Gap Between Screening and Outcomes

Relias

On Maternal Health Awareness Day , I would like to bring awareness to the publication of our peer-reviewed article in the Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine , “ Improving maternal mental health: Assessing the extent of screening and training about peripartum depression.”