Government to introduce waiting time standards for mental health services
The government will introduce waiting time standards for mental health services for the first time next year, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced.
UK second-best country in Europe at integrating people with mental illness, study finds
Germany is the 'best' at integrating people with mental illness into the community, closely followed by the UK, according to a pan-European study.
Million pound cross-Wales veterans mental health peer mentoring service set up
The UK Governments’ Armed Forces Covenant LIBOR fund has awarded a grant of £1 million to Llandudno-based drug and alcohol charity CAIS to offer guidance and support to military veterans…
People who self-harm need help and understanding, not stigma
A report from the Royal College of Psychiatrists has called for people who self-harm to be treated with compassion, dignity and respect by healthcare professionals. This is long overdue and…
Call for young people who self-harm to be treated with compassion, dignity and respect
Treating young people who self-harm with compassion, dignity and respect could help to save lives, according to a report by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Survey for Bipolar Awareness Day to identify research priorities
Charity Bipolar UK has launched a groundbreaking survey to mark Bipolar Awareness Day (7 October), which is the first to give individuals and their families the opportunity to influence research…
NHS neglect mental health of skin patients, charity claims
A lack of mental health care for people with skin conditions is a 'slowly ticking timebomb' for the NHS, charity Changing Faces has warned.
New projects launched to help people with mental ill health get into work
Two major government-backed projects have been launched to support more people with mental health problems to gain employment when they would like to work.
Mind to pilot 2-year peer support programme
Mental health charity Mind is to pilot a new approach to delivering peer support, following the award of a £3.2 million grant from the Big Lottery Fund.
More Deprivation of Liberty applications recorded in first quarter of 2014-5 than whole of previous year
More than 20,000 Deprivation of Liberty (DoL) applications were made in England from April to June 2014 – 74% more than were made in the whole of the previous year,…