A new £5 million project has been launched to target and help people who suffer from stress and depression brought on by their workplace…
Debt insurance unfairly targets people with mental health problems
The Citizens Advice Bureau is making a ‘super complaint’ to the Office of Fair Trading after publishing a report which shows that many people have been mis-sold their debt insurance…
1 in 10 children have a mental health disorder
A survey published this week suggests that one in ten children in Great Britain aged between 5 and 16 has a clinically recognisable mental disorder…
Protesters try to stop closure of mental health centre in Wrexham
Protesters in Wrexham have organised a campaign to save their local mental health drop-in centre.
Centre 67, as it is known, is to be closed after Social Services reviewed mental health provision in the area and declared that one of the three drop-in centres in the town must be shut down…
Report shows shortage of social workers in Wales
A report published today by the Association of Directors of Social Services Cymru highlights the significant shortage of social workers in Wales.
Almost 15% of social worker posts in Wales are vacant; the shortfall of children’s social workers is 18.6%…
Carers set to get £5.9 million extra in support
Carers across Wales are set to receive an extra £5.9 million as of April next year…
Whitchurch beds threatened by health cuts?
Following the news that Cardiff and Vale Health Boards have a budget deficit of nearly £6 million, it has been reported that measures to save money could include the closure of mental illness beds at Whitchurch hospital…
In focus: The Government response to the Joint Parliamentary Committee Report on the draft Mental Health Bill
Last week the Government published its response to the Joint Parliamentary Committee Report on the Draft Mental Health Bill. Here Welsh Mental Health charity Hafal looks more closely at some of the key responses to the Committee’s recommendations…
Wife demands full inquiry into husband’s prison suicide
The wife of Lee Crabtree, a 32-year old father from Llandudno who hanged himself at Altcourse prison in Liverpool last week, has demanded a full inquiry into his suicide.
Karen Crabtree claims that her husband, who had recently had a mental illness, was deprived of medication for his illness at the prison, and should have been receiving specialist treatment in hospital…
Assembly Health Minister reveals mental health statistics
Following questions from David Melding AM, Chair of the Health and Social Services Committee, Dr Brian Gibbons, Minister for Health and Social Services at the Assembly, has released a number of mental health statistics. Here we summarise them…