Welsh mental health charity Hafal has published a Briefing Note on Mental Health for Assembly Members which examines three key issues for mental health service users in Wales.
Hafal publishes briefing note for AMs
Book reviews: “Jonny: my autobiography” and “Henry’s Demons”
“When I think back to that young lad playing mini rugby at Farnham, vomiting in the hedge through nerves, crying before games because he couldn’t bear the thought of not getting it right, I wonder how much has changed.” Those are not the words you’d expect from a world-renowned rugby player but they come from the autobiography of England and British Lion hero Jonny Wilkinson.
Mental health emergency treatment “ineffective”
Responses to people experiencing mental health emergencies in Wales and England are often slow or not available at all according to a report out this week.
“For people with a serious mental illness life is hard enough as it is without having benefits cut”
Hafal Expert Patient Trainer Dave Smith’s latest Western Mail column is online today.
Exclusive interview with Health Minister Lesley Griffiths AM
The latest edition of the Mental Health Wales journal, which features an exclusive interview with Health and Social Services Minister Lesley Grifiths AM, is now available online.
Healthcare Inspectorate Wales publishes findings of review into Tremorfa homicide
A report into a homicide carried out by a mental health service user in the Tremorfa area of Cardiff in June 2009 has “highlighted concerns in relation to the adequacy of the care and treatment” provided to the user.
Study shows “self-harm common in teenagers”
A study published in leading medical journal “The Lancet” has claimed that one in 12 people self-harm in their teenage years.
Victory for Service Users on New Welsh Law
Mental health service users in Wales have won the legal right to holistic care planning. Years of campaigning by service users and carers have resulted in new Regulations which give patients in Wales the right to a Care and Treatment Plan covering all areas of life.
School-based counselling “an integral part of school provision in Wales”
A report evaluating the effectiveness of school-based counselling in Wales has found that young people, teaching staff, local authorities and counsellors have all expressed high overall levels of satisfaction with the service.
Children’s Commissioner for Wales: “We still have a way to go”
In his fourth annual report Children’s Commissioner for Wales Keith Towler has said that although there has been progress in the provision of mental health services for young people in Wales during the last year “we still have a long way to go before all young people across Wales can confidently expect to receive appropriate treatment in a timely manner as close to their homes as possible.”