Social Care News is pleased to report that Public Health England (PHE)'s National Mental Health Dementia and Neurology Intelligence Networks successfully launched last week. The networks support the delivery of improved physical and mental wellbeing services in local areas and …
The International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership (IIMHL) conference ended three very positive days of presentations, discussion and debate in Old Trafford, Manchester last week. The final day witnessed some moving and impassioned presentations from leaders and expert clinicians from …
There are have been a number of landmark events in the mental health calendar in recent months: the launch of the mental health action plan (Closing the Gap), the Crisis Care Concordat and a review into police powers and the …
There’s still time to give your views on the government review of legislation on how police support people experiencing mental health crises. This review is designed to clarify and improve crisis care for people detained under Sections 135 and 136 …
As Mental Health Awareness Week draws to a close, Sarah Garner, Associate Director of Delivery, NHS Newham Clinical Commissioning Group, looks back at five days of engagement with young people on the mental health issues that matter most to them. …
Are we more anxious as a nation? Are the years of austerity, threats of terrorism, worries about our health and the privations of old age taking their toll - more so than in previous generations? Whatever the reality, the Mental …
I hope, like me, you have never experienced - or ever will experience - face-down restraint or other restrictive interventions. However, I know some of you may have witnessed such events or restrained someone yourselves. I can only imagine what …
There’s no doubt about it – adults are more aware of mental health issues than ever before. However, the confidence needed to identify someone with a mental health condition is still lacking. And a recent survey of just over 2000 …
As part of our launch coverage for the new Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat, we are very proud to host an acutely personal account of mental crisis from Michael J Bevan, County Councillor, Sherborne Rural Division, Dorset County Council. It …
The years 2001/02 were dark, bleak and dismal ones for me. My domestic life and career were both in turmoil, my marriage was breaking down, I had acute debt problems and was constantly bullied at work. They were months of …