More than 1 in 10 with mental ill health waiting more than a year for talking therapies
Some 1 in 10 people with mental ill health have to wait for more than a year to access talking therapies and 54% wait for more than 3 months, according…
CQC unveils new approach to inspecting mental health services
Care regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is to put greater emphasis on inspecting the care that people with mental ill health receive in the community.
Calls to make NHS mental health services smoke-free
NHS hospitals and clinics – including mental health services – should become smoke-free the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has said.
GP-led dementia service claims inaugural NHS Innovation Challenge Prize
Staffordshire’s ‘Memory First’ has been recognised as the gold standard in evidence-based integrated dementia care as winners of the inaugural NHS Innovation Challenge Prize for Dementia.
Dicing with debt
With a survey showing that personal debt can ‘wreak havoc’ on people’s mental health, and is adding to the pressures already being felt in the mental health system, the wisdom…
Thinking more psychologically can help staff to support patients with psychosis, research says
Helping ward nurses to think psychologically about the reasons behind the behaviour of a patient with a diagnosis of psychosis’ can improve the staff-patient relationship, research has found.
Mind chief says England cricketer’s admission of stress-related issues a ‘positive step’
England cricketer Jonathan Trott’s departure from the Ashes tour with a stress-related illness is a further indication of cricket’s readiness to confront the issue of mental health, according to Mind’s…
Shortlist for Positive Practice Awards in Mental Health announced
The shortlist for the forthcoming Breakthrough Positive Practice Awards in Mental Health has been announced.
Charities call for reform of system of investigating suicides of detained mental health patients
A group of mental health charities and experts have called for more robust, effective and transparent systems for investigating self-inflicted deaths of detained mental health patients.
Debt ‘wreaks havoc’ on mental health, study finds
Personal debt is fuelling a host of social problems, including mental illness and family breakdown, according to a report by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ).