The networks cover a diverse range of topics, such as exploring the impact of loneliness and social isolation on mental health, improving the life expectancy of people with severe mental ill health and promoting young people's mental health in a digital world. They will bring together experts from different fields from the arts, humanities and sciences to build capacity and lay the foundations for new, multidisciplinary approaches to mental health research.
A highly innovative children’s hospital for the east of England has been given the go ahead today by Health Secretary Matt Hancock.
Up to £100 million of public capital has been made available for a completely new facility that is purpose-built to meet the needs of the region’s youngest patients. It will integrate mental and physical health and provide the highest quality services with ground breaking science and research.
Built on land adjacent to Addenbrooke’s Hospital and The Rosie Hospitals in Cambridge, the children’s hospital will bring together some of the world’s top scientists to explore new ways of diagnosing and treating some of the most challenging diseases of childhood.
The Education Policy Institute’s Independent Commission on Children and Young People’s Mental Health has released a new report, Time to Deliver, which calls for a new ‘Prime Minister’s Challenge’ on children and young people’s mental health.
A “world-class centre for the treatment of mental injuries” suffered by Service personnel should be established in the next 12-18 months, says a new Report by the House of Commons Defence Committee, if veterans and their families are to receive the provision and support promised in the Armed Forces Covenant.
Women with mental health problems, especially those with experience of violence and abuse, struggle to get the vital support they need from mental health services. Our campaign, #womeninmind calls for women’s needs, and in particular their experience of abuse and violence, to be prioritised and taken seriously in policy, strategy and delivery.
A High Court judge has authorised the discharge of a 28 year old woman with anorexia nervosa into the community after 10 years of inpatient treatment failed to stop her starving herself. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
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Dubbed ‘The five year forward view for mental health’, the much-awaited report from the independent Mental Health Taskforce chaired by Paul Farmer is an important document.
It gives an honest diagnosis of current shortcomings in mental health care in England, and a detailed analysis of how best to target available resources in the future. It follows hot on the heels of last week’s report from the Commission on Acute Adult Psychiatric Care, which gave a similarly frank assessment of the need for improvement.
People might not be getting the specialist mental healthcare they need and when they need it most because of disparity in how approved mental health professional services are provided across the country.
The Care Quality Commission’s Chief Executive, Ian Trenholm and Dr Paul Lelliott, Deputy Chief Inspector (Mental Health) will give evidence to the UK Parliament Human Rights Committee in early June.
People have told local Healthwatch that mental health is a key priority. With the Mental Health Taskforce due to report its findings soon, we look in more detail at the challenges people have been sharing.
The Long-term Sustainability of the NHS Committee takes evidence from a range of witnesses including The Rt Hon Frank Field MP, The Right Hon Steve Webb and The Rt Hon Lord Willetts on public attitudes to funding the NHS and innovative funding models for delivering health care.
On Tuesday 12 April MPs will take part in a debate on dementia and Alzheimer's disease in Westminster Hall. This debate was scheduled by the Backbench Business Committee following a bid from Jim Shannon on 8 March.
West London NHS Trust has been rated Good overall by the Care Quality Commission.
The trust, which was formerly known as West London Mental Health Trust, was rated Outstanding for being caring, Good for being effective, responsive and well-led, and Requires Improvement for being safe, during the inspection which took place on dates between August and October 2018.
West London NHS Trust provides mental health and an increasing range of community healthcare services in west London and Berkshire.
In a pioneering move, West London Mental Health NHS Trust has teamed up with its One You Ealing service and Mental Health First Aid to provide valuable mental health first aid training to staff from local MPs’ constituency offices.
The Care Quality Commission has rated wards for people with learning disabilities or autism provided by Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trusts as Outstanding following its latest inspection.
The Education Committee's report on the mental health and well-being of looked-after children notes that a significant number of local authorities and health services are failing to identify mental health issues when children enter care.