Places of safety must match levels of need
We are very concerned that police cells continue to be used in mental health crises and that in some areas appropriate places of safety are still not available.
Type: News
Why access matters
The Government and NHS England have set out the first meaningful waiting time standards for mental health services in England.
Type: Blog
Access and waiting time standards for mental health are a vital first step to parity
We warmly welcome the Government’s commitment to produce waiting time standards for mental health services. This is a vital step towards creating parity of access to mental health care and to overcoming the ‘institutional bias’ in the NHS.
Type: News
Community mental health survey 2014: Reflections on the results
The CQC’s national survey of community mental health services is one of the key barometers of how well the NHS is responding to the needs of working age people with long-term mental health conditions.
Type: Blog
Mental health services unable to cope with demand for psychological therapies, says coalition
Mental health services are unable to cope with demand for psychological therapies. Huge variations in referral rates and waiting times around the country are unacceptable and are making people more unwell.
Type: News
Chief Medical Officer’s report sets clear agenda for reinvestment in better mental health
Better, faster and earlier help for mental health is vital to improve people’s lives and represents excellent value for money.
Type: News
Mental health care for all stages of life must be improved for all to thrive
This week, a new book by Lord Layard and Professor David Clark sets out a call for a transformation in the way we think about mental health and the priority mental health care is given.
Type: Blog
Liaison psychiatry
Psychiatric liaison services provide mental health care to people being treated for physical health conditions in general hospitals.
Type: Page
Outcomes and performance in liaison psychiatry
Psychiatric service models that seek to bring its benefits to the people in our acute care hospitals and medical and surgical care pathways have struggled to defend their value for the want of adequate measures of outcome.
Type: Publication
Lack of places of safety for children is a major cause for concern
A Care Quality Commission survey showing that a third of hospital ‘places of safety’ do not accept children and young people is a major cause for concern and requires concerted action.
Type: News