by Sam | 8 Aug 2014 | General Election 2015, Politics
Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has pledged to establish a £50 million fund for research into mental health, according to The Daily Telegraph. Clegg, and his Lib Dem colleague Health Minister Norman Lamb, have pushed throughout this...
by Sam | 25 Jul 2014 | Uncategorized
The Guardian has report on Freedom of Information requests by Shadow Public Health Minister Luciana Berger to England’s 211 CCGs have shown that 72 out of 142 CCGs which responded spend less than 10% of their budget on mental health services, while noting significant...
by Sam | 10 Jul 2014 | Uncategorized
The Department of Health is seeking views on proposed changes to the Mental Health Act (1983) Code of Practice. The Code guides health practitioners’ decisions, protects patients’ rights and ensures that the Mental Health Act is properly followed. It also gives advice...
by Sam | 16 Jun 2014 | Children and Families, Justice
The Bradley Report five years on is the final report of an independent commission chaired by Lord Bradley to review progress since the 2009 review of the extent to which offenders with mental health problems or learning disabilities could be diverted from prison. The...
by Sam | 10 Apr 2014 | Uncategorized
Rethink Mental Illness has published a new report with the London School of Economics which has found that more cases of psychosis and schizophrenia now end up in hospital rather than being treated in the community. The report said it costs on average £13 a day to...
