Speaking from experience: shaping the Mental Health Act Review
Dr Sarah Markham shares her experience of being on the Service User and Carer Group of the Mental Health Act Review
Type: Blog
Rethinking statutory roles in the Mental Health Act
Dr Jenny Oates questions how we recruit Responsible Clinicians to alleviate workforce pressure and give people the best care
Type: Blog
Alcohol and mental health
People who have difficulties with alcohol and mental health are still not getting the help they need
Type: Publication
Integrating mental health and social care
Kim Woodbridge-Dodd looks at the integration of mental health and social care, the benefits behind this and the challenges faced on the ground
Type: Publication
Community Treatment Orders: Can coercive measures ever have a positive impact?
In the first of our Mental Health Act series, Nuwan debates whether Community Treatment Orders can be transformative in some situations
Type: Blog
Building a workforce for the future
Mental health services have undergone huge changes in the last decade. But what of the people who work in them?
Type: Page
Briefing 51: Long-stay rehabilitation services
Long-stay rehabilitation services have been ignored in mental health policy for over a decade
Type: Publication
We need to talk about social care
Our new series will highlight positive practice and the challenges within social care and mental health
Type: News
Mental health in the West Midlands Combined Authority
We worked with the University of Birmingham to analyse the economic costs of mental health problems in the West Midlands
Type: Publication
Priorities for mental health
Following the Taskforce report’s publication last month, Priorities for mental health sets out nine areas for service improvement where there is good evidence of cost-effective interventions.
Type: Publication