Equal treatment for physical and mental health – a goal that has to be achieved
A report out today makes recommendations designed to achieve parity in our approaches to both mental and physical health. While the recommendations make sense, the tricky bit is making them…
Report outlines how to achieve parity between mental and physical health
More should be done to ensure mental health treatments are on the same level as treatments for physical health, a new report has found.
Regulators call for services to collect data on children of parents with mental health problems
Social care regulators Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have called on the Government to make it mandatory for mental health services to collect data on children whose parents…
Call for CCGs to “learn from past mistakes” in mental health funding
Anxiety UK has called for the new GP-led clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to learn from their predecessors’ past mistakes when it comes to funding mental health services.
Government funds roll out of tablet computers to selected therapists
Tablet computers are to be rolled out to selected therapists across England to use in sessions with children and young people thanks to new Government funding.
Combat Stress to receive funding boost from Libor fines
Chancellor George Osborne has announced in today's Budget that UK veterans will benefit from money raised in fines from the Libor scandal where bankers illegally tried to fix the London…
Employers need to do more to tackle workplace stress
A new survey by Mind has found that work is the biggest cause of stress, yet it seems many people still don’t feel able to go to their employer about…
Call for pilot to test effectiveness of personal health budgets for long-term mental health service users
Leading healthcare organisations have called for a demonstration project or pilot to be set up to test the effectiveness of personal health budgets (PHBs) for long-term mental health service users.
Work the biggest cause of stress, survey shows
Work is the most stressful factor in people’s lives, more so that debt and financial problems or health concerns, according to a survey.
Individual Placement and Support approach delivers more than 50% employment in Nottinghamshire
A support programme in Nottinghamshire has helped to significantly enhance the employment prospects of people with severe mental illness in the area.