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Voices

01 October 2006

Mental Health Practice

General article

‘Why isn’t the inpatient unit permanently locked?’ That was the question put to me by senior colleagues from the general hospital at a service-wide meeting.

Voices

01 May 2008

Mental Health Practice

General article

‘Maintain safety’ is one of those standard statements that appear in nursing care plans, but, all too often, no details about achieving the objective are given....

Carrying the torch for integrated working

01 June 2002

Mental Health Practice

Service provision

Having worked in an integrated trust — Somerset Partnership NHS and Social Care Trust — for the past two and half years, it’s hard to think about providing health...

Voices’Like in the UK, Australia is grappling with a recruitment and retention crisis in nursing. One response involves emphasising the positive aspects, as Ben Thomas reports

01 October 2005

Mental Health Practice

General article

My local service in Australia is running a nurse recruitment campaign. Nothing unusual about that, perhaps, but the advertising slogan ‘a truly great place to work’...

Stronger links between sectors

28 November 2013

Learning Disability Practice

Letter

Earlier this year, the four UK health departments and organisations in the independent and voluntary sector formed a formal network known as a national...

Have your say in creating an inclusive and equitable service

01 September 2009

Mental Health Practice

Analysis

THE DEPARTMENT of Health’s vision for mental health in England, New Horizons, has two aims: to improve the mental health and wellbeing of the population, and to...

Mental health nursing: competencies for practice

01 June 2004

Mental Health Practice

Book Review

As someone who has been involved in the development of competency-based curricula it was a pleasure to review the first mental health nursing textbook based on this...

Voices - The push for routine outcome meaurement is on in Australia. It may have its detractors, but Ben Thomas believes that a bit more number crunching in our lives is to be welcomed

01 April 2005

Mental Health Practice

General article

Isn’t it funny how some topics in the health service seem to pop up wherever you are? Just recently I have become involved in a national quality initiative aimed at...

Putting patient safety first

01 November 2008

Mental Health Practice

Patient safety

The safety of patients in mental health settings has been identified as a priority by the government, and the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has embarked on...

Psychotherapy and the Treatment of Cancer Patients: Bearing cancer in mind

01 December 2005

Mental Health Practice

Resources

This book is an enjoyable read, whether or not you are a fan of psychoanalytic psychotherapy. It is a firm reminder about how people with a serious physical illness...