On Thursday (11th May) Health and Social Services Minister Dr Brian Gibbons launched Hafal’s new Timetable that summarises the Assembly Government’s Raising the Standard: The Revised Adult Mental Health National Service Framework and an Action Plan for Wales…
New Hafal Guide Sets out Assembly Targets for Mental Health
On Thursday (11th May) Health and Social Services Minister Dr Brian Gibbons launched Hafal’s new Timetable that summarises the Assembly Government’s Raising the Standard: The Revised Adult Mental Health National Service Framework and an Action Plan for Wales…
Research suggests that spring babies are at a higher risk of suicide
New research published in the British Journal of Psychiatry suggests that people born in the spring or early summer face more of a risk of suicide than people born at other times in the year.
Hafal.org website service interruption
The website for Hafal – Wales’ principle charity helping people recovery from severe mental illness and facilitators of mentalhealthwales.net – will be down over the next few days as their hosting provider performs some necessary updates to their systems.
These updates will allow Hafal to create a new, improved website allowing for easier navigation and more accessibility.
Hafal apologises for the interruption to their service.
UK Government launches new mental health nursing review
A new review of mental health nursing, From Values to Action, has been published by the UK Government as a result of a major consultation held last year. The review recommends many ways in which mental health nurses in England can improve the service they are offering.
Mapping the mental health of Wales
A report from the Acting Chief Medical Office for Wales has shown that people living in Blaenau Gwent have the worst rates of mental illness in Wales, with 14 per cent of people being treated for mental illness…
Charity is concerned over Welsh children’s mental health
Following the publication of a report into the prevalence of self-harming in children Barnardo’s Cymru is calling for children’s mental health services in Wales to be brought up to the standard of those in England…
Mental Health Charity Welcomes Demise of Bill
Ministers are expected to announce that the controversial draft Mental Health Bill, which has been criticised by many mental health charities and organisations, is to be scrapped. Clients and carers from Hafal, Wales’s principal charity working for people affected by Mental Health legislation, today welcomed the news…
Welsh campaigners complain: “We have lost our voice”
People with severe mental illness and their carers from across Wales protested against obstruction of public access to Assembly Members and Ministers at the new Senedd building yesterday…
Report suggest carers’ human rights being violated
A new report published by Carers UK has suggested that some local authorities are failing to implement the Human Rights Act with serious consequences for carers…