Employees and employers urged to listen to their bodies on National Stress Awareness Day
Employers and employees should to listen to their bodies more to reduce the number of working days lost to stress, according to workplace wellbeing specialists The Fourfront Group.
Nearly 20,000 people call for government to overhaul fit for work test
Almost 20,000 people have signed a petition calling on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to act on its commitment to reform its controversial fit for work assessment.
Survey reveals children and young people’s concern with quality of CAMHS in Wales
Three quarters of children and young people who have used child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in Wales suggest a negative experience of the service, a survey has found.
Trust works with digital technology experts to develop ‘innovation by prescription’
Digital technology expert bITjAM is working in conjunction with the North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust to design and develop new technological innovations to aid suffers of mild cognitive impairment.
Making a mindful nation
In this guest blog Richard Hills of Drop-in Silence looks at how mindfulness has become the new buzzword and how its benefits can be maximised.
Fourth green gateway review rating for new medium secure unit
A new medium secure unit currently under construction on the St Bernard’s Hospital site has received a fourth green rating for its Gateway Review.
Children forced to wait months for mental health treatment, new report claims
Children with serious mental health problems are being forced to wait up to five months to get help as services struggle to cope with rising demand according to a report…
‘Decline or stagnation in all areas of mental health care’ Picker chief executive claims
The 2015 Community Mental Health Survey results reflect "troubling and sizeable declines in service user experiences" according to the chief executive of the Picker Institute Europe.
Post-Afghanistan PTSD likely to increase reports of mental health issues
Mental health problems such as post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety are likely to increase in UK military personnel during the months after returning from Afghanistan, according to a study…
New framework to support high quality dementia care launched
A comprehensive new resource to support health and social care staff and educators who work with people living with dementia and their carers has been launched.