The Welsh mental health charity Hafal has been awarded a grant by the Big Lottery Fund totalling over £1,500,000 to support innovative recovery-focused services for people with serious mental illness across Wales…
Reduction in Welsh NHS waiting times
Official statistics produced for the Welsh Assembly Government show that the NHS has met a key target that no patient who has been referred to a consultant should wait more than 22 weeks to be seen…
TV programme highlights psychosis treatment without medication
A controversial approach to treating psychosis without the use of medication was highlighted last week in a drama documentary broadcast on Channel 4 about British psychologist Dr Rufus May…
All Wales Mental Health Promotion Network is launched
The launch has taken place of a flagship initiative aimed at improving the mental well-being people in Wales…
‘Bed blocking’ in Welsh hospitals – report suggests little improvement
A new report has concluded that attempts to reduce ‘bed blocking’ in Welsh hospitals have made little or no difference to the problem over the last two years…
Carers win census victory
Campaigners have welcomed the UK Government’s decision to keep a section on caring in the next national Census…
Health Minister’s NHS proposals could cut Local Health Boards to eight
How you can help create a new website for people with bipolar disorder
The views of people with experience of bipolar disorder are being sought by the makers of a new online information resource…
Wrexham Maelor mental health units plan gets Assembly go-ahead
Mental health organisations in North Wales are celebrating this week following the announcement that £21m will be made available by the Welsh Assembly Government to fund two new state-of-the art acute psychiatric facilities at Wrexham Maelor Hospital…
Investigation into homicide of Aberdare vicar
The Healthcare Inspectorate Wales has begun an inquiry into issues surrounding the homicide of Aberdare priest Father Paul Bennett last year by Geraint Evans, a 24-year-old man with schizophrenia…