The NHS workforce strategy in context
There is growing evidence that demand for mental health support will increase in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. In order to respond to this demand and deliver existing commitments to grow mental health services as part of the NHS Long Term Plan, more mental health practitioners must be recruited. This short briefing explores the
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Clinical psychology in primary care
We look at services meeting the needs of people who previously got little or no effective help for their mental or physical health from the NHS
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Building parity of esteem: why mental health hospitals need equal priority for modernisation
Liz Romaniak explains how we can support patients’ recovery by investing in mental health facilities
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Briefing 55: Integrated Care Systems and mental health
How could Integrated Care systems bring about significant and lasting improvement for people’s mental health?
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Economic theories relevant to public service provision (Part 2)
How can insights from economics help make decisions about mental health services?
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Good partners: why we need assertive outreach now more than ever
Nuwan Dissanayaka explains why continuity of care is vital in increasingly short-term, crisis-driven health services
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Benchmarking adult mental health services
Andy reviews the latest data on mental health services and what resources they have to meet people’s needs
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A new framework for community mental health services
Andy shares a helpful summary of the new NHS model for community mental health services
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Care not containment: Setting a radical vision for transforming mental health support
An independent report developed by an expert group including the Centre to explore how to reduce reliance on restrictive environments and shift to earlier interventions
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Economic theories relevant to public service provision
A crash-course in some of the main economic theories used in public service commissioning
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