The Lights! Camera! ACTION! campaign was on location at Swansea today as the mobile studio broadcast from Castle Gardens.
Lights! Camera! ACTION! on location at Swansea
Five Wales areas among worst hit by benefits changes
BBC Wales economics correspondent Sarah Dickins has reported that Merthyr Tydfil, Neath Port Talbot, Blaenau Gwent, Rhondda Cynon Taf and Caerphilly are among the 25 areas in the UK to be most affected by changes to welfare payments…
Charity launches free benefits advice pack for people with mental illness
English charity Rethink Mental Illness has launched a free advice pack explaining how new changes to the benefits system will affect people with mental illness…
Countdown to Lights! Camera! ACTION!
Lights! Camera! ACTION!, a groundbreaking 2013 campaign led by mental health service users and carers in Wales, will be officially launched at the National Assembly in Cardiff next month.
“Concerns over number of mental health detentions ending in police cells”
The Western Mail has reported that “nearly half of people with mental health problems who are detained by police are being taken to cells rather than hospitals, despite guidance that this should only happen in exceptional circumstances.”
The Future of Mental Health Services Inquiry launched
The Mental Health Foundation is undertaking a major Inquiry into the future of mental health services across the UK, looking 20-30 years ahead at what sort of mental health care and support we will need and how we might ensure it is achieved…
Benefits Awareness Month: Turn2us offers key information and advice
The benefits system is currently undergoing the biggest change for 60 years…
Mark Drakeford is the Welsh Government’s new Health Minister
In his cabinet reshuffle Carwyn Jones has made Mark Drakeford the new Health Minister, replacing Lesley Griffiths (who becomes the new Minister for Local Government and Government Business). Gwenda Thomas remains Deputy Minister for Social Services…
New Guide for Students Launched
Hafal’s National Learning Centre has launched a new guide for students which is based on the experiences of over 1000 people with a serious mental illness and their carers and has been produced as part of a groundbreaking Comic Relief-funded initiative…
Guide launched to ensure women’s health and wellbeing needs are not missed by criminal justice staff
This week mental health charity Together has launched a new guide offering professionals the tools to recognise and respond to the health and wellbeing needs of women offenders…