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.

Healthcare in Welsh prisons is “chaotic” and on the verge of crisis, suggests a report by the British Medical Association.

The number of people in Britain claiming incapacity benefit because of mental illness has reached 1.1million, according to research by the Conservatives…

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…

A brand new purpose-built hospital for people with mental health problems is set to open in Powys…

A nationwide survey into modern attitudes suggests that 81% of British people would be ‘unhappy’ for a close relative to marry someone with schizophrenia….

A third of mental health patients in Britian are being prescribed more than the maximum recommended doses of their medications, a new report by the Healthcare Commission suggests…..

A cross-party alliance of peers last night defeated the Government by 225 votes to 119 on the first of a series of amendments to the Mental Health Amending Bill being moved in Committee in the Lords…

A team of London doctors has suggested offering financial incentives to encourage people with severe mental illness to take their medication…..