GP-led dementia service claims inaugural NHS Innovation Challenge Prize
Staffordshire’s ‘Memory First’ has been recognised as the gold standard in evidence-based…
CQC unveils new approach to inspecting mental health services
Care regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is to put greater emphasis…
More than 1 in 10 with mental ill health waiting more than a year for talking therapies
Some 1 in 10 people with mental ill health have to wait…
Calls to make NHS mental health services smoke-free
NHS hospitals and clinics – including mental health services – should become…
Dicing with debt
With a survey showing that personal debt can ‘wreak havoc’ on people’s…
Charities call for reform of system of investigating suicides of detained mental health patients
A group of mental health charities and experts have called for more…
Shortlist for Positive Practice Awards in Mental Health announced
The shortlist for the forthcoming Breakthrough Positive Practice Awards in Mental Health…
Hospital care for people who self-harm still a postcode lottery
Hospital treatment remains a postcode lottery for people who overdose or self-harm,…
Taking the right approach
A service user-led report suggests that services provided under the 2008 Care…
Increased out-of-hours provision for mental health launched in Milton Keynes
A new out-of-hours urgent advice line has been launched in Milton Keynes…
