Following rumours that the Mental Health Bill has been shelved, the Department of Health has informed us that the Government does intend to introduce it “when parliamentary time allows”…
BME Consultation on Mental Health Bill is “Last Minute”
Plans for the Department of Health to meet with representatives from BME communities this week to discuss the proposed Mental Health Bill – part of the Government’s Race Equality Impact Assessment on the Bill – have been labelled last-minute and insufficient by BME organisations…
Independent reports that Mental Health Bill has been shelved
The Independent has reported that the Mental Health Bill, which was due to be introduced into Parliament before Christmas, has been shelved by the Government. This has not been verified officially but our sources suggest something is afoot.
New schizophrenia research suggests the ‘crucial role’ of environment
Recent research by John Read and colleagues published in the Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journal argues that the role of environment in causing schizophrenia is far greater than is widely supposed.
European Union adopts Green Paper on Mental Health
A Green Paper on Mental Health has been adopted by the European Commission this week with the aim of launching a public consultation on how to better tackle mental illness and promote good mental well-being within the Union…
Making Sense of Recent Reports on Mental Health in Wales
This year’s World Mental Health Day (Monday 10th October) saw the publication of a number of significant documents. Some looked at the state of mental health services in Wales today; others looked to the future of those services. Here we introduce them…
Welsh Assembly Government must meet new targets demands mental health charity Hafal
Following the Welsh Assembly Government’s publication of ‘Raising the Standard’, the revised adult mental health National Service Framework and Action Plan for Wales, Wales’ leading mental health charity Hafal has demanded that the new targets for service provision are met…
Is your GP offering a good service on mental health?
New data published this week will allow the Assembly Government to monitor levels of service provision and ill-health across Wales, including mental health…
Mental Health Bill will see huge increase in CTOs says report
A report released today by the King’s Trust warns that under the proposed Mental Health Bill more people could face Community-based Treatment Orders (CTOs) than has previously been thought…
New research into prison suicide rates
Research by the University of Oxford has shown that men in prison are five times more likely to commit suicide than their counterparts in the general population…