All Mental health articles – Page 165
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Learning difficulties report slates poor care and lack of activities
The Healthcare Commission has published a damning report into the standard of residential care the NHS and private sector provide to people with learning difficulties.
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psych nib
Most primary care trusts see psychological therapies as unimportant, according to a report by the Artemis Trust. The charity has carried out a survey of the provision of psychological therapy services in primary care, which found that PCTs have a 'very poor picture' of what services were being provided. It ...
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Transforming lives with psychological therapies
A Department of Health programme that is making evidence-based psychological therapies more widely available than ever before means thousands of people and their families are having their lives transformed. Evidence shows the programme can reduce GP consultations and acute care activity, alleviating pressure when the NHS is working hard to ...
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Networking to improve access to psychological therapies
The London Development Centre's improving access to psychological therapies network was set up to ensure there was an effective communication strategy to promote knowledge and information across London's health and social care communities.
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Improving access to psychological therapies in London
The London Development Centre's improving access to psychological therapies support programme is designed to equip primary care trusts with the tools and techniques needed to drive forward the development of psychological therapy services.
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Mental health: no-one wins in homicide blame game
Often inspired by media hysteria, inquiries into homicides by mentally ill people cost the NHS millions each year and produce little real change, says Christine Vize
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Karen Reissmann
A chief executive who sacked a trade unionist nurse has broken her silence after months of strike action.Sheila Foley, head ofManchestermental health and social care trust, has until now remained tight-lipped about the dismissal of senior nurse Karen Reissman, who says she lost her job for speaking out in her ...
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Mental health: PCTs to target potential offenders
Commissioners will work closely with neighbourhood police to keep the mentally ill out of jail, the government's director of prison health has announced.
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Mental health training scheme looks to BME service users for help
The first national training initiative to involve black and minority ethnic service users in its development and delivery has been launched by the Department of Health as part of its delivering race equality in mental healthcare programme.
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Efficiency training for behavioural change
Neal Hattersley explains how efficiency can be improved at the service provision level by recognising the need for training
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welsh mental act
The Welsh assembly government is consulting on mental health proposals for Wales. Comments are invited on the Mental Health Act code of practice for Wales, secondary legislation prepared under the Mental Health Act and secondary legislation prepared under the deprivation of liberty safeguards of the Mental Capacity Act.
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Mental Health Barometer November 2007
There has been a tentative rise in confidence among mental health chief executives this month.
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Clinical audit: measurement is only half the story
The Department of Health recently announced its commitment to reinvigorate clinical audit. While we welcome this, we would argue that measurement and audit are crucial but are only half the story. It is equally important to have the tools and skills in place to improve practice based on the results ...
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Walk-outs planned over sacked union representative
A mental health trust is facing strikes and legal action after sacking a senior nurse who spoke out in her role as a union representative.
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Discharge plannning - a positive outlook
Improved discharge from mental healthcare will be aided by the Care Services Improvement Partnership's new toolkit, which is available online
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Older people's mental health at CSIP
The Care Services Improvement Partnership is working to ensure older people with mental health diagnoses have broad access to all services and are not restricted within mental health specialisms
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Age equality in older people's mental health services
The Care Services Improvement Partnership has produced guidance to clarify issues surrounding equal access to services for older people with mental health needs
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Mental health: the safety scandal
Sexual safety is one of the biggest issues in inpatient care, with concerns not being heeded because of complacency, burnt-out staff and prejudice. Emma Dent reports
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Four out of five prison mental health teams are falling short
Less than a fifth of mental health inreach prison teams feel they are meeting the needs of inmates, five years after they were established, according to a hard-hitting report.
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Children's mental health: finding hope for the lost generation
A fifth of children have mental health problems and one in 15 self-harms, but they are getting lost in a system with no idea what to do with them. It's time for a radical rethink of care pathways for young people, writes Andrew McCulloch