Report challenges ability of NHS to achieve parity of esteem
Andy Bell reflects on a report highlighting that in many areas, mental health service funding is not filtering through to the organisations that provide care.
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Implementing mental health policy: some lessons from recent history
From a review of literature and interviews and focus groups with people who have been responsible for policy implementation over the last 20 years, we identified 12 factors that influence the implementation of strategies.
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Priorities for mental health – new report published for Mental Health Taskforce
The analysis provided key evidence to the mental taskforce and the investments recommended in its final report, which NHS England has supported
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Priorities for mental health
Following the Taskforce report’s publication last month, Priorities for mental health sets out nine areas for service improvement where there is good evidence of cost-effective interventions.
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Implementing mental health policy: some lessons from recent history
Recent history shows that implementing mental health policy as intended is never straightforward. The hard work starts now.
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Centre for Mental Health welcomes Taskforce report
Chief Executive Sean Duggan responds to the Mental Health Taskforce report.
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The NHS Mandate and mental health
The Mental Health Policy Group responds to the recently updated NHS Mandate.
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The 2015 Benchmarking Network’s report on mental health services and its implications for the NHS
Andy Bell reflects on the report recently published by the 2015 Benchmarking Network, and its implications for NHS mental health services.
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Investing in public mental health will save lives and reduce inequalities, says Centre for Mental Health
Centre for Mental Health’s response to Mind’s report on public mental health spending by local councils.
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Aiming for ‘zero suicides’
Centre for Mental Health was commissioned by the East of England Strategic Clinical Networks to evaluate activity taking place in four local areas in the region through a pilot programme to extend suicide prevention into communities.
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