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Mental health volunteering scheme has global ambitions

Mental health volunteering scheme has global ambitions

This World Mental Health Day, South London and Maudsley foundation trust is supporting a new initiative to encourage volunteering with VSO.

  • Published:10 October 2008 01:00
  • Author: Tracy Power

Blogs

Samuel Johnson

International development is a fishy business

It's one of the great development mantras: give someone a fish, and they'll eat for a day; teach someone to fish, and they'll eat for the rest of their life. But it unfortunately completely misses the point.

Conferences and events

World class commissioning

World class commissioning

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HSJ supplements

Magic touch: the revolution in information sharing

Magic touch: the revolution in information sharing

For the next stage of healthcare improvement, better and more timely use of information is not just important, it is vital.

News

PCTs failing to decommission services

PCTs failing to decommission services

Two out of three primary care trusts failed to decommission any services last year, showing the extent of the challenge they face to become world class commissioners.

Primary care

Local community gets involved in NHS budgeting

Local community gets involved in NHS budgeting

In the UK's first health-related participatory budgeting event, residents in Thornhill, Southampton were invited to vote on which health and well-being projects they thought would best meet the health needs of the community.

Mental health

Mental health and the NHS workforce

Mental health and the NHS workforce

There is much value in bringing people who have used mental health services into the NHS team, says Alastair Henderson