The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has announced figures showing that half of those who die in police custody have a mental illness…
Half of those who die in police custody have a mental illness
Hutt Replaced as Health and Social Services Minister
Vale of Glamorgan AM Jane Hutt has been replaced as the Assembly’s Health and Social Services Minister. Dr Brian Gibbons, previously Jane Hutt’s Deputy, is set to take on the role.
News in brief 04.01.05
Mental Health Alliance Rally – register now!
The Mental Health Alliance is holding a rally on 31 January 2005 opposing key measures in the latest Draft Mental Health Bill…
Re-organisation of care services in Wales?
Councillor Meryl Gravell, the lead member for social services in the Welsh Local Government Association, has announced proposed changes to the delivery of care services in Wales…
New Year’s Honours Announced
A number of people in the health and social care field in Wales have been honoured in the New Year Honours List for 2005…
Mental Health Bill Committee comes to Cardiff
On 15th December, for the very first time in its history, a pre-legislative Parliamentary Committee of leading MPs and Lords sat at the National Assembly. The Committee came to take evidence on the draft Mental Health Bill and their witnesses included Minister for Health and Social Services, Jane Hutt and David Melding AM, Chairman of the Health and Social Services Committee.
mhw interview: Mandy Rayani, Divisional Nurse, Swansea NHS Trust
Why did you choose a career in mental health?
I had always had an interest in caring for people and whilst growing up had come into regular contact with older people living in the residential home where my grandmother and mother worked…
Investigation into healthcare inequalities for people with mental illness
The access people with a mental illness have to GPs, essential health screening services and healthier lifestyle initiatives is to come under the scrutiny of the Disability Rights Commission’s (DRC’s) powers of Formal Investigation.
The DRC’s investigation, which will run for 18 months, will gather evidence on whether primary health services are addressing the significant health inequalities experienced by people with a mental illness and people with learning disabilities.
mhw interview: Phil Chick, Director for Mental Health
We talk to Phil Chick, Wales’ Director for Mental Health, about his first year in the post, and the state of mental health services in Wales today…
News Round-up 07/12/04
Doctors are to be given new NICE guidelines for prescribing anti-depressants, following claims that too many are being prescribed to people with mild to moderate depression…
New research published in the British Medical Journal suggests a link between the use of cannabis in adolescence and young adulthood and later psychotic symptoms…
A team of researchers at Imperial College has suggested that discrimination could lead to an increase in mental health problems among gay men, lesbians and bi-sexual men and women…
External review into Paul Khan case published
This independent external review into a 2003 homicide looks at where systems may have failed in providing care for Paul Khan, a Cardiff resident who has schizophrenia.
MENTAL HEALTH BILL: Details of Cardiff evidence session announced
The date for the Cardiff evidence session on the draft Mental Health Bill has been announced. The Committee will take oral evidence in public at the National Assembly at 10:05am on Wednesday 15th December.
Witnesses at the session will include Minister for Health and Social Services Jane Hutt and David Melding, AM, Chairman of the Health and Social Services Committee at the Assembly.