All Together Now!, a groundbreaking 2015 music campaign led by people in Wales with a mental illness and their carers, was officially launched at the Norwegian Church Arts Centre in Cardiff Bay yesterday by Health and Social Services Minister Mark Drakeford AM.
Health Minister Mark Drakeford AM will launch the mental health service user and
carer-led music campaign at the Norwegian Church Arts Centre on Thursday 14th May 2015
Welsh mental health charity Hafal has announced that they have recently secured a contract with Dyfed Powys Police to deliver Appropriate Adult Services across the force area.
The National Centre for Mental Health (NCMH) is inviting members of the public to the Liberty Stadium, Swansea on 5th May for a free day of “manly pursuits” and learning more about staying on top form, both physically and mentally.
The Royal College of Psychiatrists and Central and North West London NHS Trust have launched new guidance to encourage mental health patients and service users to register to vote and get their voice heard in the forthcoming General Election.
New guidance to ensure people with both a mental health and substance misuse problem receive the treatment they need has been published for consultation by the Welsh Government.
A new report suggests that poor childhood mental health could be costing the UK a total of £550 billion in lost earnings.
Welsh mental health charity Hafal has launched a “10 point plan for mental health carers” which provides key tips on how carers can look after the person they care for – and themselves – as effectively as possible.
The Spring 2015 edition of the Mental Health Wales journal is now online. This issue is dedicated to an often overlooked part of people’s care and treatment: their social life.
Repeated basic errors, a failure to learn lessons and a lack of rigorous systems and procedures have contributed to the ‘non-natural deaths of hundreds of people with mental health conditions’ detained in psychiatric hospitals, prisons and police cells in England and Wales, according to a major new Inquiry by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
