by Chris Rogers | 14 Jan 2016 | Health
We should resist the ‘Nanny State’ when it comes to alcohol, writes Whitehouse Chairman Chris Whitehouse in his latest column for The Universe. To view the full column, please click here.
by Sam | 8 Oct 2014 | General Election 2015
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will today announce coalition plans to improve the standard of treatment of mental health patients in the NHS, the Guardian reports. Clegg will set new waiting time targets as part a £120m project over the next two years. He will say...
by Sam | 9 Sep 2014 | Uncategorized
Department of Health Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies has published her annual report, saying that lack of investment for mental health could have cost the economy between £70-100 billion in lost work days, a figure she characterises as...
by Sam | 14 Aug 2014 | Uncategorized
Disproportionate funding cuts mean mental health services are “running dangerously close to collapse”, Professor Simon Wessely told the Guardian today in his first interview since being elected President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Despite the Health...
by Sam | 13 Aug 2014 | Children and Families, Local Government
The Local Government Association (LGA) has warned that services for children and young people with mental health problems need a complete overhaul. The LGA said the current “fragmented” system means children are forced to navigate a myriad of different mental health...
