NHS England has announced a major expansion of a landmark scheme designed to help tens of thousands of patients with serious mental health problems who want to work, to find employment.
The voluntary scheme, known as Individual Placement and Support (IPS), is being rolled out to 28 new local NHS areas, meaning eight out of ten parts of England will have access to the programme.
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A new survey by Rethink Mental Illness of 117 staff members who work in supported housing services for people with mental illness reveals 84% believe that the Government’s new funding proposals would mean their service would probably close.
Under these proposals, anyone needing supported housing for fewer than two years will have to rely on cash-strapped local authorities to fund the housing they need. Instead of being supported to live independently in the community, people severely affected by mental illness are more likely to face distressing and unnecessary stays in hospital because of these plans.
Prisoners with mental health difficulties need better help following release from both health and probation services, according to a report published today by Centre for Mental Health.
As outlined in the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health and Implementing the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health, NHS England has committed to doubling access to Individual Placement and Support (IPS) services nationally by 2020/21, enabling approximately 20,000 people who experience a severe mental illness (SMI) to find and retain employment.
The NHS is set to roll out mental health employment specialists across the country, as a new analysis of services shows that 2,300 patients have been helped into work in the last year.
Setting up an Individual Placement and Support (IPS) employment service can change people’s lives and revolutionise mental health care in a local area, says a report published today by Centre for Mental Health.
People with long-term mental health needs are facing stays of many years in inpatient services because of a lack of community services to help them to recover, according to a briefing paper published today by Centre for Mental Health.
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