Businesses across Britain are losing £1,000 a year for every person they employ because of mental ill health among their staff, suggests a report published this week by the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health…
Report suggests mental health ‘inequality’
New figures from an independent NHS watchdog suggest that some black and minority ethnic groups are three times more likely to be admitted to hospital because of mental illness…
Funding boost will improve GP support for people with mental illness
An extra £100,000 a year from the Welsh Assembly Government will be made available to improve support for GPs providing care for people experiencing mental illness…
‘Argyfwng’ y sâl eu meddwl ifanc yng Nghymru – adroddiad y Comisiynydd Plant
Yn ôl adroddiad newydd gan Gomisiynydd Plant Cymru, mae gwasanaethau iechyd meddwl ar gyfer pobl ifanc yng Nghymru yn dal i fod mewn cyflwr ‘argyfyngus’, a hynny chwe blynedd ar ôl i Lywodraeth y Cynulliad lansio ei strategaeth i wella safonau…
‘Crisis’ for young mentally ill in Wales – Children’s Commissioner’s report
Mental health services for young people in Wales are still in a state of ‘crisis’ six years after the Assembly Government launched its strategy to drive up standards, suggests a new report by the Children’s Commissioner for Wales…
Hafal’s Autumn Conference shows the Road to Recovery
Hafal welcomed visitors from across the country – including the Welsh Assembly’s new Carers’ Champion and Deputy Health Minister Gwenda Thomas AM – to Llandrindod Wells this week for the charity’s 2007 Autumn Recovery Conference…
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Keeping the Family in Mind
Children’s charity Barnardo’s has re-launched its award-winning resource pack for practitioners working with children whose parents are experiencing mental illness…
Conference brings North Wales prison plan into focus
UK Government Justice Minister David Hanson spoke this week at a conference held in Llandudno to discuss plans to create a new prison in North Wales…
Mental Health Act – race equality assessment was “inadequate”
A new report by the Commission for Race Equality (CRE) claims that the Department of Health failed to conduct an adequate assessment of the potential disproportionate impact on black and minority ethnic people of the new Mental Health Act…
Report reveals hospital detention death toll
Forty-one people died by suicide while detained in hospitals in England and Wales under the Mental Health Act last year, according to the first annual report from the Forum for Preventing Deaths in Custody…
Help for carers in changing times
If you have been the unpaid carer of an ill relative or friend for some time but are now at the end of your caring role – perhaps due to the death of your loved one – a new guide has been published this week to help you through this significant change in your life.
Race Equality Action Plan published
The Welsh Assembly Government has published its Race Equality Action Plan for Adult Mental Health Services in Wales…
Jail ‘default’ option for people with mental illness – HM Prison Inspector
A new report from the UK’s Chief Inspector of Prisons says the country’s jails have become the “default” option for mentally ill people – even for those who pose little or no risk to public safety…