Three users of Cardiff welfare benefits advice project, Riverside Advice, have successfully challenged the withdrawal of the project’s funding by Cardiff Local Health Board in the Court of Appeal. The case has potentially widespread implications for the voluntary sector, establishing that health bodies could fund a wide range of services, rather than the narrow range of services specified in the 1977 NHS Act…
“Government Ignores Patients” claims charity
Following the publication of the Government’s response to the Joint Parliamentary Committee Report on the Draft Mental Health Bill, Members of Hafal – Wales’ principal charity for people with severe mental illness – have expressed their disappointment and dismay at the Government’s plans.
“The Government states that it has accepted in full or part well over half the Committee’s recommendations. However, the Government has failed to respond to the key issues, and where it has agreed with recommendations, it largely only makes reference to non-existent Codes of Practice,” said Bill Walden-Jones, Chief Executive of Hafal…
Wales’s Health Suffers in Money Short-fall
Figures released by Her Majesty’s Treasury this week show how far Wales is falling behind some other areas of the UK in health spending…
Report pushes for more holistic approach to mental health care
A newly released report, supported by Hafal, Sane and the Royal College of Nursing, suggests that mental health care does not take the holistic approach needed to allow patients to fully recover…
Research into Deep Brain Stimulation Yields Encouraging Results
New state-of-the-art research has shown that Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) could help people with treatment-resistant depression…
New book prescription service rolled out in Wales
‘Bibliotherapy’, a new service from GPs enabling them to ‘prescribe’ self-help books is being implemented in all authority areas across Wales…
Research suggests link between cannabis and schizophrenia
Research aired on BBC’s Panorama last night suggests that teenagers who use cannabis are more likely to develop schizophrenia than those who do not…
Carers’ Career Prospects in Focus
Carers in Wales are more likely than anywhere else in Britain to have flexible arrangements with employers…
Coming Soon: Carers Week 2005
Carers Week 2005, taking place from 13 – 19 June, is planned to be the biggest Carers Week so far with over 3,000 events organised. The week, which is officially supported by many organisations including Carers UK and Help the Aged, has the theme of ‘work, rest and play’…
New Mental Health Unit for Wrexham
A new mental health unit at Wrexham Maelor Hospital could be on the cards according to the BBC…