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Bridging the gap
6 Oct 2013
A rebalancing of health and care resources is needed to ensure no one is denied the mental or physical health care they need.
The NHS Constitution: a briefing note
5 Oct 2013
The NHS Constitution sets out what you can expect from the NHS as a patient and as a staff member.
Briefing 47: Barriers to employment
3 Oct 2013
Many people who require some support to get into work, especially those with mental health problems, the right to employment support is not being offered and numerous barriers remain.
Black and Minority Ethnic communities, mental health and criminal justice
9 Sep 2013
The briefing finds that community groups are key to engaging BME groups that are disproportionately represented both in mental health and criminal justice systems.
Making recovery a reality in your community
19 Aug 2013
This briefing urges commissioners to tackle the poorly integrated support received by those with overlapping mental health, drug and alcohol needs.
Peer support workers: theory and practice
5 Jun 2013
This paper examines the concepts and principles of peer support and presents examples from organisations which now have peers in their workforce.
Peer support in mental health care: is it good value for money?
This paper makes a first attempt at assessing whether peer support provides value for money, looking specifically at whether peer support workers can reduce psychiatric inpatient bed use.
A need to belong
21 May 2013
What leads girls to join gangs? Girls with links to gangs are, on average, three times more vulnerable than most other children in the Youth Justice system, according to this report
Briefing 46: The NHS Mandate and its implications for mental health
1 May 2013
The briefing outlines key actions for NHS England and clinical commissioning groups to deliver improvements in the way we treat long-term conditions and tackle health inequalities.
The Mental Health Treatment Requirement
3 Dec 2012
The MHTR has unfulfilled potential to offer offenders with mental health problems the option of a sentence in the community.
Briefing 45: Probation services and mental health
This briefing summarises the ways in which health and probation services can work together to meet the needs of offenders with mental health problems.
Liaison psychiatry in the modern NHS
8 Nov 2012
Liaison Psychiatry in the Modern NHS suggests that liaison psychiatry services can save an average hospital £5 million a year by reducing the number and length of admissions to beds.