Law Commission extends review of mental capacity to include the entire Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
The Department of Health has asked the Law Commission to extend its…
Lesbian, gay and bisexual people more likely to experience poor mental health, report claims
Lesbian, gay and bisexual men and women in England are more likely…
Rethink Mental Illness calls for “life-saving” early intervention care to be protected
Charity Rethink Mental Illness has called on the government and NHS to…
Barker Commission calls for care to focus on individual needs
Health and social care should be redesigned to focus on individual needs…
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards applications increase by 10% in past year
The number of completed Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) applications has risen…
‘Mindfulness Bus’ to visit 130 villages in Norfolk and Suffolk this month
A ‘Mindfulness Bus’ is taking to the road this month to meet…
New resource outlines what ‘personalised’ mental health care and support looks like
Personalised, coordinated care in mental health services should consider "who I am,…
Three-quarters of cancer patients don’t get psychological help they need
There is a ‘huge unmet need’ for cancer patients with depression, due…
New CQUIN tools aim to help ‘bridge the gap’ between mental and physical health needs
Charity Rethink Mental Illness has developed a suite of tools including care…
Social media a possible cause of psychosis, study suggests
Spending large amounts of time on Twitter and other forms of social…