Mental health
Public attitudes to mental health have come a long way and the sector has been promised an increase in spending of £2.3bn by 2023-24. As part of the sector’s NHS Long Term Plan commitments, core focuses will be on improvements to children and young people’s, community mental health services, 24/7 crisis services and liaison psychiatry. Longer term there will be new performance targets for the sector to meet, alongside the reconfiguration of funding structures. Read the latest mental health stories and stay in touch by signing up to our newsletters.
Latest
Improving mental health with digital CBT: bridging the treatment gap for insomnia
In its efforts to address insomnia and improve mental health, the NHS is grappling with long-standing challenges that leave millions every year without access to therapy. Sleepio’s digital CBT for insomnia offers an intervention that is safe, effective, and scalable – and now proven to offer multimillion pound cost reductions ...
CQC to call providers to decide whether inspections needed
Learning disabilities should never be a reason for a Do Not Resuscitate order
Trust to open new hospital ahead of schedule
Report: Unannounced CQC visits may have exposed Whorlton Hall quicker
Government to make emergency changes to Mental Health Act
Stevens looks to give unearned incentive cash to mental health sector
Mental health's capital needs have been completely overlooked by government
Children feared ‘lost to the system’ by failing service
Royal college failed to carry out hundreds of background checks
Up to 100,000 on antipsychotics with no review
Mental Health Matters
- Previous
- Next
