The Welsh Assembly Government has this week launched a new 10-year strategy which it says will put personalised care at the heart of social services in Wales.
More resources needed for suicidal young people – ChildLine Cymru report
Mental health services for children and young people are inadequate and need immediate investment, according to a report by ChildLine Cymru.
Lords bring further defeat for UK Government on Mental Health Bill
Peers have inflicted a further defeat on the UK Government’s Mental Health Bill this week by voting to ensure compulsory community treatment is used only on people who would otherwise be in and out of hospital.
UK Government defeated on key points in the Mental Health Bill
The Mental Health Bill foundered once again yesterday as the UK Government was defeated on three points in the House of Lords during a report stage debate…
More help needed for UK’s growing number of carers – Disability Rights Commission
The number of unpaid carers in Britain is likely to rise by three million over the next 25 years, according to the Disability Rights Commission (DRC).
People with severe mental illness ‘more likely to die of heart diseases’ – new study
A major UK study has indicated that people with a severe mental illness are at significantly higher risk of dying from cardiovascular diseases than those who have experienced no mental health problems.
Britain’s ‘overcrowded’ prisons – statistics suggest rise in prison population and in prison violence
Healthcare in Welsh prisons is “chaotic” and on the verge of crisis, suggests a report by the British Medical Association.
‘Huge rise’ in Incapacity Benefit claims for mental illness, Conservatives claim
The number of people in Britain claiming incapacity benefit because of mental illness has reached 1.1million, according to research by the Conservatives…
Variable but improving social services in Wales says report
The Social Services Inspectorate for Wales Annual Report 2005-2006 has found “accumulating evidence of improvement” in local authority social services in Wales, even though this is ‘variable’ across the country…