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
Implementing mental health policy: some lessons from recent history
Recent history shows that implementing mental health policy as intended is never straightforward. The hard work starts now.
Type: Publication
Review of Sections 135 & 136 of the Mental Health Act
The Centre’s Review finds that for many people being detained by the police was a frightening experience and that the use of police powers under the Mental Health Act has to change.
Type: Publication
A place for parity
Most of England’s Health and Wellbeing Boards are prioritising at least one mental health issue in their strategies but almost one in ten has ignored them entirely.
Type: Page
The NHS Constitution: a briefing note
The NHS Constitution sets out what you can expect from the NHS as a patient and as a staff member.
Type: Publication