May’s commitment to overhaul mental health welcome, but more funding needed to ensure improvement
Theresa May’s outlined reforms to the mental health care system are welcome and could make a real difference to people’s lives – but they will founder unless they are properly…
Number of people going to A&E for mental health problems climbs by 50%
The number of people who go to accident and emergency (A&E) departments for psychiatric problems has risen by nearly half since 2011-12, research has revealed.
Immigration removal centres should focus on detainees’ mental health, says report
People detained in immigration removal centres (IRCs) in England should be given more mental health support, a new report has said.
CQC to review child and adolescent mental health services
Care regulator the Care Quality Commission is to carry out a major thematic review of child and adolescent mental health services in England, after being asked to by Prime Minister…
People with learning disabilities should have annual mental health check, says NICE
People with learning disabilities should have their mental health checked annually to ensure they are not living with undiagnosed conditions, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has…
Government accepts Mental Health Taskforce recommendations
The government has published its response to the NHS Mental Health Taskforce and accepted its report in full, which put forward recommendations for reforming mental health services.
Theresa May promises overhaul of mental health care
Prime Minister Theresa May is to set out plans to tackle the “hidden injustice” of mental illness and overhaul mental health care in a speech today.
Working around it: finding time for mental health therapies when you have a job
In her latest blog, Rae Ritchie writes about how finding time to attend mental health therapies – and recover from them afterwards – can be difficult to fit into a…
Young Offenders Institution appoints ex-offenders to be mental health service user representatives
Two teen ex-offenders have been appointed as the first service user representatives on the Health and Wellbeing Team (HWBT), run by an NHS Trust at a Young Offenders’ Institution (YOI).
Mental health services for people living with long term physical health conditions launched
A range of new mental health services have been launched by NHS England to provide support for tens of thousands of people living with long-term physical health issues.