NICE has published final guidance saying that people who are diagnosed with a mental health problem within the criminal justice system should receive annual checks, and staff should be trained to spot the warning signs.
The Health and Education Committees hear from psychologists, headteachers and campaigners on the role of education in children and young people’s mental health as part of their joint inquiry.
The Government has published a progress report on its suicide prevention strategy but it must take tangible action to ensure effective implementation. So says the Health Committee in its final report on suicide prevention.
The Health and Education Committees hear from a former Government mental health champion in the final session of their joint inquiry into the role of education in preventing mental health problems in children and young people. The Committees also hear from Lord Layard, who is advising the Government over its trial of weekly mindfulness classes in 26 schools, Ministers and NHS representatives.
People with a learning disability, autism or both in the North West will be supported to lead more independent lives in their communities thanks to plans given the final go ahead today, which include the closure of Calderstones (now known as Mersey Care Whalley site) – England’s last stand-alone NHS learning disability hospital.
NHS England will today announce the next steps in the drive to ensure children and young people don’t have to travel far from home for mental health care, funding between 150-180 new beds.
The newly commissioned £9m service, known officially as the NHS transition, intervention and liaison (TIL) veterans’ mental health service, will act as a front door to a range of mental health services across the health and care system for 17,500 people over the next three years.
In January, new guidance was drawn up for police and healthcare professionals, outlining for the first time how and when police officers should be involved in physically restraining people in healthcare settings in England and Wales. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
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England’s Chief Inspector of Hospitals told Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust that although the overall trust is doing well, it must make improvements to the safety of two core services after its latest inspection by the CQC.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has informed Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust that it will be prosecuted over an alleged failure to provide safe care and treatment resulting in avoidable harm to a patient and other patients being exposed to a significant risk of avoidable harm.
Southern Health is set to host the first Arts and Film Festival for local people living with mental illness. It has been organised by Jane Collard, a peer support worker based at Southampton’s mental health inpatient hospital Antelope House.
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has recruited eight band 4 associate practitioners – the first of its kind in mental health services.
The team will work across forensic and Wakefield adults of working age services, creating a quality career pathway across health care support worker roles.
As Samaritans releases a report ahead of Wednesday’s Budget linking inequality with a higher risk of suicide, the charity is calling on the government, businesses, industry and sector leaders to be aware of the risks of suicide and to direct support to those with unstable employment, insecure housing, low income or in areas of socioeconomic deprivation.