A Care Quality Commission survey showing that a third of hospital ‘places of safety’ do not accept children and young people is a major cause for concern and requires concerted action.
This report provides the most up-to-date economic evidence to support the business case for investment in effective, recovery-focused services.
A new report, published by BACP in collaboration with the Centre for Mental Health and Women’s Breakout, has revealed a reassuring breadth and depth in the mental health interventions available at women’s community centres in the UK.
A group of GPs in the City of London and Hackney have taken an innovative response to the needs of people whose mental health problems are more complex than their doctor can manage alone yet who don’t qualify for specialist services.
Barely a week goes by in the capital without the distressing news of a stabbing or shooting. Behind the headlines, real lives are affected.
Many of the services that work with young people either end or begin at age 18, leaving them without effective support. But there are examples of services that are helping young adults through this difficult transition.
Cutting early intervention in psychosis (EIP) services puts young people at risk of worse health and poorer life chances.
The OECD report recognises that mental ill health is a major problem and that it is a problem creating significant costs for people, employers and the economy.
In order for services to support recovery, we need clear, empirically informed statements of what constitutes high-quality services and how these will lead to key recovery outcomes.
Lots of positive work has happened since the ‘No Health without Mental Health’ strategy was published, but there is a lot more still to do.
