New dementia app launched
Dementia aids manufacturer Recogneyes has launched an online app designed to make…
Mental Capacity Act still not well understood, CQC says
There is still a widespread lack of understanding of the Mental Capacity…
Smoking often ignored as issue in mental health treatment, report finds
Much of the lower life expectancy in people with mental health problems…
People with disabilities to lose billions worth of support by 2018
Up to 3.7 million people with disabilities are set to be affected…
Equal treatment for physical and mental health – a goal that has to be achieved
A report out today makes recommendations designed to achieve parity in our…
Regulators call for services to collect data on children of parents with mental health problems
Social care regulators Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have called…
Call for CCGs to “learn from past mistakes” in mental health funding
Anxiety UK has called for the new GP-led clinical commissioning groups (CCGs)…
Individual Placement and Support approach delivers more than 50% employment in Nottinghamshire
A support programme in Nottinghamshire has helped to significantly enhance the employment…
Dementia care suffering because services are struggling to cope, CQC says
People with dementia are not receiving care that meets their needs because…
Cuts to CAMHS storing up problems for the future
There was worrying – but unsurprising – news from YoungMinds this week…