A survey of 1000 adults conducted by The Patients Association – an independent research organisation based in Wales – suggests that the majority of NHS patients believe they have more rights than they actually do.
Report suggests abuse threat to women in mixed-sex wards
A study published in the December issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry suggests that women in mixed-sex psychiatric wards are at high risk of being assaulted…
Black people are three times more likely to be admitted to a mental health hospital
The first Wales- and England-wide study of the ethnicity of people using inpatient mental health services has shown that Black African and Caribbean people are three times more likely to be admitted to hospital and up to 44% more likely to be detained under the Mental Health Act…
Report says prison inappropriate for people with mental health problems
Troubled Inside, a new report by the Prison Reform Trust, has found that up to three-quarters of men in prison suffer from two or more mental disorders and about one in ten have a functional psychosis…
Prison Mental Health Services in Focus at Hafal AGM 2005
The lack of adequate mental health services for mentally disordered offenders (MDOs) will be one of the discussion points at Welsh mental health charity Hafal’s 2005 Annual General Meeting to be held at Llandrindod Wells on 17th November…
Proposed Bill Targets Prison Mental Health Services
A private members’ bill proposed in parliament this week by Conservative MP Charles Hendry aims to make it law for prisons to provide appropriate treatment to mentally ill inmates. Speaking in Parliament, Hendry stated that a constituent of his who suffered from mental illness and who eventually committed suicide in part inspired the bill.
Government statement on the Mental Health Bill
Following rumours that the Mental Health Bill has been shelved, the Department of Health has informed us that the Government does intend to introduce it “when parliamentary time allows”…
BME Consultation on Mental Health Bill is “Last Minute”
Plans for the Department of Health to meet with representatives from BME communities this week to discuss the proposed Mental Health Bill – part of the Government’s Race Equality Impact Assessment on the Bill – have been labelled last-minute and insufficient by BME organisations…
Independent reports that Mental Health Bill has been shelved
The Independent has reported that the Mental Health Bill, which was due to be introduced into Parliament before Christmas, has been shelved by the Government. This has not been verified officially but our sources suggest something is afoot.
New schizophrenia research suggests the ‘crucial role’ of environment
Recent research by John Read and colleagues published in the Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journal argues that the role of environment in causing schizophrenia is far greater than is widely supposed.