If you missed the BBC Wales “Week In Week Out” programme earlier this week you can now view it on-line by following the link below…
Hafal’s spring seminar promotes recovery
Hafal, the principal Welsh charity for people with severe mental illness and their carers, this week holds a conference in North Wales entitled “What Users Want – a seminar promoting the ambitions for recovery of people with severe mental illness”…
Mental Health Bill Still on the Agenda
Inquest finds “serious deficiencies” in case of Welsh psychiatric unit death
The coroner presiding over an inquest into the case of mental health patient Darren Tannahill who died after being admitted to a psychiatric unit has said there were “very serious deficiencies” in his care…
Healthcare Inspectorate Wales publishes reports on homicides
The Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) has this week published its reports following reviews of two homicides carried out by mental health service users in Cardiff and Gwent…
Welsh mental health charity receives substantial funding boost
The Welsh mental health charity Hafal has been awarded a grant by the Big Lottery Fund totalling over £1,500,000 to support innovative recovery-focused services for people with serious mental illness across Wales…
Reduction in Welsh NHS waiting times
Official statistics produced for the Welsh Assembly Government show that the NHS has met a key target that no patient who has been referred to a consultant should wait more than 22 weeks to be seen…
TV programme highlights psychosis treatment without medication
A controversial approach to treating psychosis without the use of medication was highlighted last week in a drama documentary broadcast on Channel 4 about British psychologist Dr Rufus May…
All Wales Mental Health Promotion Network is launched
The launch has taken place of a flagship initiative aimed at improving the mental well-being people in Wales…
‘Bed blocking’ in Welsh hospitals – report suggests little improvement
A new report has concluded that attempts to reduce ‘bed blocking’ in Welsh hospitals have made little or no difference to the problem over the last two years…