Topic: Mental health services

The NHS at 75: Mental health services in the NHS

As we celebrate the NHS’s birthday, it’s an opportune time to ask what it’s meant for mental health care in the UK, and what needs to happen next

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What does the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan mean for mental health?

Andy unpacks the implications of the new workforce plan, welcoming a longer-term approach and highlighting the gaps still waiting to be addressed

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The Government report and action on patient safety is a welcome start – but root and branch reform is needed

Andy considers the Government’s rapid review into patient safety in mental health inpatient services, and what more is needed to make services safer for everyone

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Briefing 60: ‘It feels like being seen’

How can local authorities know if their mental health services are working well?

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Podcast: António Ferreira

Thea is joined by António Ferreira, an award-winning mental health activist and anti-racism campaigner who uses his own lived experience of mental health difficulties to bring about changes in mental health.

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Centre for Mental Health calls on NHS England to stop punitive practices with people experiencing acute distress

We are disappointed that NHS England is no longer going to publish the report coproduced with the StopSIM Coalition.

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Children’s Commissioner’s report reinforces need for urgent changes in children’s mental health services

The Children’s Commissioner’s latest report confirms that major improvements are needed to boost young people’s access to support, the quality of their care and their outcomes

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Where do we go from here? The proposed Major Conditions Strategy and mental health

The Government’s decision to shelve the proposed ten-year plan for mental health comes at a time where we really need a strategic, whole government approach to mental health.

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Reforming the Mental Health Act: what the Joint Parliamentary Committee report says and what might come next

Recommendations made to modernise the Mental Health Act can improve services – if they are backed by adequate resources and a clear plan of action to implement changes without delay

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Modernising the Mental Health Act is essential for better and more equitable services

A modernised Mental Health Act is essential to improve services, but only if accompanied by sufficient investment and further reforms to both the law and the system

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