Bleak times ahead for adult social care in England – unless it is given more funding
ADASS’ annual survey of local authority social care funding painted a grim picture for the sector and, they say, without a significant injection of funding from central government, things will…
Mental health assessment services for people arrested to be expanded, government confirms
Services that make mental health assessments available to people who have been arrested are to be expanded over the next two years thanks to a £12 million funding boost from…
Railway suicides fall by 12% in past year
The number of suicides and suspected suicides on UK railways dropped by 12% last year – the first annual reduction in the number since 2012.
Call for social care to receive same protection as NHS as funding shortfall increases despite council tax precept
Calls have been made for social care to receive the same protection and investment as the NHS, after a survey revealed that allowing local authorities to increase council tax to…
Vulnerable children being re-traumatised by services designed to help them, report claims
Schools, social workers, police and NHS staff are inadvertently re-traumatising vulnerable children, because of fundamental misunderstandings about their behaviour, according to a new report.
FGM survivors with complex mental health needs may be ‘slipping through support net’, claims report
FGM survivors with complex mental health needs may be slipping through the support net provided by frontline services, a report has claimed.
North Yorkshire schools celebrate successes of mental wellbeing project
Twelve schools in North Yorkshire have been celebrating the successes of the first year of a project that is seeking to take a preventative approach to children’s mental health.
Mental illness in children should be tackled before birth, councils say
Childhood mental illness should be tackled before birth, by addressing any mental health problems in expectant mothers, according to a report by the Local Government Association (LGA).
Males more likely to suffer psychologically when dissatisfied with their body image, researchers find
Men are more likely than women to experience mental health issues like depression when dissatisfied with their boy image, researchers have found.
Number of antidepressants prescribed doubles in past decade
The number of antidepressants prescribed in England in the past decade has more than doubled to 61 million, new figures have revealed.