2007 Press Releases

Introduction


13 December 2007 Mental ill health costs UK employers £25billion, says new report Businesses across Britain are losing £1,000 a year for every person they employ because of mental ill health among their staff, says our report on Mental Health at Work.
05 December 2007 Sainsbury Centre welcomes new review of prison mental health but warns against ‘Titan’ prisons Responding to the Justice Secretary's plans to manage prison overcrowding, we welcome the commitment to review how the criminal justice system works with people who have mental health problems.
27 November 2007 Sainsbury Centre welcomes promise of more employment advisers in GP surgeries The Government's pledge to treble the number of employment advisers in GP surgeries is a major boost for working people with mental health problems.
27 November 2007 Government offender health strategy a step forward but more needed to make it work, says Sainsbury Centre The health of offenders must become a major national priority if we are to give some of the most excluded people in Britain a chance of a productive life.
22 November 2007 Prisoners suffer from lack of basic care for mental health problems, says Sainsbury Centre Our new policy paper says that every prison in England should have its own dedicated general practice with its own budget.
24 October 2007 Prison mental health needs major overhaul We need a comprehensive strategy to provide offenders with mental health problems a better chance of re-establishing productive lives.
10 October 2007 Charities welcome major boost for psychological therapies The Secretary of State for Health has made a commitment to ensuring all GPs in England can offer their patients psychological therapies within six years.
10 October 2007 Work begins to improve employers' advice on mental health A team of experts are checking the quality and impact of materials designed to help employers promote mental wellbeing and manage mental ill health in the workplace.
10 October 2007 Helping people with severe mental health problems quit smoking People with severe mental health problems are among the most likely groups to smoke and often get the least effective help to quit. Smokers are now being offered information and assistance.
10 October 2007 Employers must do more for mental health says new report ‘Recruitment and mental health’ encourages employers to take a more positive approach to employees who have, or have had, mental health problems.
21 September 2007 Deaths in custody show need for boost for mental health care Prisoners with mental health problems need better care and more effective diversion into mental health services to reduce the toll of avoidable deaths in custody.
20 September 2007 Family doctors need to do more to keep people in jobs The road to long-term unemployment for people with depression often begins in the GP surgery with the writing of a sick note.
10 September 2007 Secure hospital population at a record high, says Sainsbury Centre factfile The population of high and medium secure units rose by 45% between 1996 and 2006.
05 September 2007 Sainsbury Centre welcomes government initiative to show benefits of work for health The Government’s new initiative is an important step to help prevent people with mental health problems being caught in a spiral of unemployment, poverty and ill health.
31 July 2007 Sainsbury Centre welcomes announcement of new psychological therapy projects The eleven ‘Pathfinder’ sites for the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme include prisons and Black and minority ethnic communities.
08 June 2007 Waiting times for transfer from prison to hospital need urgent action Delays in getting people with severe mental health problems out of prison and into hospital need to be tackled as a matter of urgency. In one London prison, the waiting time is on average 53 days.
29 May 2007 New approach needed to commissioning for better mental health The Sainsbury Centre called for a new strategy that sets out how to promote good mental health and what skills are needed to do it.
10 May 2007 Charities welcome talking therapy expansion but call for urgent extra investment Waiting times should also be measured and primary care trusts held accountable for reducing them.
27 March 2007 Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health welcomes government commitment to review prison policies Far too many people with mental health problems are in prison today, getting inadequate help and being released without proper rehabilitation.
20 March 2007 Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health welcomes proposed changes in benefit rules for disabled people All claimants of the new Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) will be able to earn £86 a week for a year without losing their benefits.
05 March 2007 New project set to improve mental health of young offenders The Youth Justice Board and the Department of Health are to join forces with the Sainsbury Centre for a new project to improve services for children and young people who offend and have mental health needs.
20 February 2007 Review of the Care Programme Approach Our response to the Department of Health's consultation document Reviewing the Care Programme Approach 2006.
22 January 2007 Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health appoints Director of Prisons and Criminal Justice Programme Sean Duggan is to be the director of its new Prisons and Criminal Justice Programme. He is currently Director of Health and Social Care in Criminal Justice at the London Development Centre.
12 January 2007 Mental Health Services will need major spending boost to implement Government Policy in full Total spending on mental health still needs to rise by a further 50% in real terms, and staff numbers by nearly 40%, to implement Government policy in full.
03 January 2007 Service users must lead evaluations of mental health services, says a new guide Genuine choice in mental health care will only exist when service users lead evaluations of services. Their perspective can give service providers a new insight into the impact they have on people’s lives.

13 December 2007
Mental ill health costs UK employers £25billion, says new report
Businesses across Britain are losing £1,000 a year for every person they employ because of mental ill health among their staff, says our report on Mental Health at Work.

05 December 2007
Sainsbury Centre welcomes new review of prison mental health but warns against ‘Titan’ prisons
Responding to the Justice Secretary's plans to manage prison overcrowding, we welcome the commitment to review how the criminal justice system works with people who have mental health problems.

27 November 2007
Sainsbury Centre welcomes promise of more employment advisers in GP surgeries
The Government's pledge to treble the number of employment advisers in GP surgeries is a major boost for working people with mental health problems.

27 November 2007
Government offender health strategy a step forward but more needed to make it work, says Sainsbury Centre
The health of offenders must become a major national priority if we are to give some of the most excluded people in Britain a chance of a productive life.

22 November 2007
Prisoners suffer from lack of basic care for mental health problems, says Sainsbury Centre
Our new policy paper says that every prison in England should have its own dedicated general practice with its own budget.

24 October 2007
Prison mental health needs major overhaul
We need a comprehensive strategy to provide offenders with mental health problems a better chance of re-establishing productive lives.

10 October 2007
Charities welcome major boost for psychological therapies
The Secretary of State for Health has made a commitment to ensuring all GPs in England can offer their patients psychological therapies within six years.

10 October 2007
Work begins to improve employers' advice on mental health
A team of experts are checking the quality and impact of materials designed to help employers promote mental wellbeing and manage mental ill health in the workplace.

10 October 2007
Helping people with severe mental health problems quit smoking
People with severe mental health problems are among the most likely groups to smoke and often get the least effective help to quit. Smokers are now being offered information and assistance.

10 October 2007
Employers must do more for mental health says new report
‘Recruitment and mental health’ encourages employers to take a more positive approach to employees who have, or have had, mental health problems.

21 September 2007
Deaths in custody show need for boost for mental health care
Prisoners with mental health problems need better care and more effective diversion into mental health services to reduce the toll of avoidable deaths in custody.

20 September 2007
Family doctors need to do more to keep people in jobs
The road to long-term unemployment for people with depression often begins in the GP surgery with the writing of a sick note.

10 September 2007
Secure hospital population at a record high, says Sainsbury Centre factfile
The population of high and medium secure units rose by 45% between 1996 and 2006.

05 September 2007
Sainsbury Centre welcomes government initiative to show benefits of work for health
The Government’s new initiative is an important step to help prevent people with mental health problems being caught in a spiral of unemployment, poverty and ill health.

31 July 2007
Sainsbury Centre welcomes announcement of new psychological therapy projects
The eleven ‘Pathfinder’ sites for the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme include prisons and Black and minority ethnic communities.

08 June 2007
Waiting times for transfer from prison to hospital need urgent action
Delays in getting people with severe mental health problems out of prison and into hospital need to be tackled as a matter of urgency. In one London prison, the waiting time is on average 53 days.

29 May 2007
New approach needed to commissioning for better mental health
The Sainsbury Centre called for a new strategy that sets out how to promote good mental health and what skills are needed to do it.

10 May 2007
Charities welcome talking therapy expansion but call for urgent extra investment
Waiting times should also be measured and primary care trusts held accountable for reducing them.

27 March 2007
Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health welcomes government commitment to review prison policies
Far too many people with mental health problems are in prison today, getting inadequate help and being released without proper rehabilitation.

20 March 2007
Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health welcomes proposed changes in benefit rules for disabled people
All claimants of the new Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) will be able to earn £86 a week for a year without losing their benefits.

05 March 2007
New project set to improve mental health of young offenders
The Youth Justice Board and the Department of Health are to join forces with the Sainsbury Centre for a new project to improve services for children and young people who offend and have mental health needs.

20 February 2007
Review of the Care Programme Approach
Our response to the Department of Health's consultation document Reviewing the Care Programme Approach 2006.

22 January 2007
Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health appoints Director of Prisons and Criminal Justice Programme
Sean Duggan is to be the director of its new Prisons and Criminal Justice Programme. He is currently Director of Health and Social Care in Criminal Justice at the London Development Centre.

12 January 2007
Mental Health Services will need major spending boost to implement Government Policy in full
Total spending on mental health still needs to rise by a further 50% in real terms, and staff numbers by nearly 40%, to implement Government policy in full.

03 January 2007
Service users must lead evaluations of mental health services, says a new guide
Genuine choice in mental health care will only exist when service users lead evaluations of services. Their perspective can give service providers a new insight into the impact they have on people’s lives.

Centre for Mental Health

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2007 Press Releases