The false economy of cuts to crisis care
Just weeks after exposing pressures on acute beds in mental health services, today there are further warnings about spending cuts in community teams across England.
Type: Blog
Secure care: a briefing note
Secure mental health services provide accommodation, treatment and support for people with severe mental health problems who pose a risk to the public.
Type: Publication
Welfare advice for people who use mental health services
The report calls for every mental health service to secure specialist welfare advice to help to support recovery and to intervene early when difficulties emerge.
Type: Publication
The fight for real choice in treatment
Mental health issues come up frequently in my work as a local MP. Of the hundreds of people who come to see me at my regular surgeries many are suffering from a mental health issue of some kind or are making representations to me about someone who is.
Type: Blog
Raising expectations and improving employment support
Like any MP, I’ve had my share of constituents coming to see me about problems with their work capability assessment (WCA) for employment and support allowance (ESA).
Type: Blog
We need to transform healthcare in this country
Paul Burstow MP talks about a visitor to his constituency surgery.
Type: Blog
Liaison psychiatry in the modern NHS
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.
Type: Publication
Economic evaluation of a liaison psychiatry service
This report examines the costs and benefits of an award-winning service based at Birmingham City Hospital. The service offers comprehensive, round-the-clock mental health support to all adult patients in the hospital.
Type: Publication
Pathways to unlocking secure mental health care
This report examines how pathways into and through secure mental health services can be improved to ensure a better flow between prison and secure services.
Type: Publication
About time
About Time is the first step-by-step guide that shows how day and vocational services can make radical changes to offer people the support they need to build the lives they want to live.
Type: Publication