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…
NHS Shake-up Imminent
BBC1’s news magazine programme The Politics Show this week publicised the exclusive interview given by Health Minister Edwina Hart to Hafal’s quarterly journal Mental Health Wales and in particular to comments made by the Minister pointing to imminent and major change to the NHS in Wales…
Patient-led charity welcomes move towards Welsh mental health legislation
Hafal, Wales’ principal charity for people affected by severe mental illness, today welcomed moves led by the Assembly to devolve mental health legislation from Westminster to Cardiff…
Hafal celebrates World Mental Health Day at the Senedd
Hafal – Wales’ principal charity for people with severe mental illness and their carers – celebrated the 15th annual World Mental Health Day on October 10 at the Senedd, home of the National Assembly for Wales, where two of the charity’s key new publications were launched by Health and Social Services Minister Edwina Hart and Jonathan Morgan, the Shadow Minister…
Welsh Mental health organisations gather at Senedd for world mental health day
Health and social services minister Dr Brian Gibbons welcomed mental health service users as well as representatives of statutory and voluntary sector organisations to the Senedd on Tuesday to celebrate World Mental Health Day…
PM announces new carers’ commission
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has unveiled plans to set up a new Standing Commission on Carers…
Carers save UK ‘£87bn a year’
Britain’s unpaid carers save the country £87 billion a year, according to new research from the University of Leeds…
Depression is the most damaging illness
Research undertaken by the World Health Organisation (WHO) suggests that depression is a more damaging illness than other chronic conditions such as diabetes, arthritis and asthma…