20% cut to mental health funding ‘disturbing and deeply disappointing’
Lives will be put at risk by cuts to NHS funding for mental health services, experts and doctors have warned. In a letter to the Guardian newspaper, the Royal College
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Benefit cuts and poor housing impacting mental health
Cuts to benefits and rising unemployment is driving up the number of people seeking help for mental health problems, a survey of professionals in the field has found. Poor housing
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Mental health nurses to take up police station roles
Mental health nurses will be stationed at nearly 50 police stations across England and Wales by next month. Ten forces – including the Metropolitan Police Service and Leicestershire Constabulary –
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Over 200 absconders from Hackney’s John Howard Centre in last 13 years
Over 200 people have absconded from a mental health hospital in Hackney over the last 13 years. In the past four years there were 95 absconders from Homerton’s, John Howard
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Specialist Mental Health Midwives: What they do and why they matter
Specialist Mental Health Midwives have a crucial role in effective perinatal mental health care. However, there are currently many maternity services without this important position, and where Specialist Mental Health
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CQC ‘extremely concerned’ over privately-run mental health hospital
A hospital which looks after people with mental health problems has failed to meet expected levels of care and forced to send its patients elsewhere. Watchdog the Care Quality Commission
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Nick Clegg urges better care for mentally ill
It is “unacceptable” that children suffering a mental health crisis are being locked up in police cells because of a lack of mental health services, the Deputy Prime Minister has
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Call for stories for Mental Health Anthology
Amercian Publisher, In Fact Books, are looking for essays from writers who have insight into the nature and experience of profound psychiatric challenges – as patients, mental health professionals –
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Ulster Launches NI Clinical Research Network for Mental Health
The University of Ulster is leading improvements in mental health with the launch of a dedicated Clinical Research Network for Northern Ireland. The new network means that mental health patients
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CQC finds ‘serious failings’ at mental health hospital
A mental health hospital in Surrey has been warned to make immediate improvements after ‘serious failings’ were discovered. Last week, it was revealed the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the independent
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