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Tag Archives: Mental Health Policy
Demand for Mental Health Inpatient Beds in England (BBC News / NHS Strategy Unit)
Summary Hundreds more NHS mental health beds would be required in England to end the practice of sending patients far from home for treatment (so called “out-of-area placements”). An NHS Strategy Unit report explores the pressures on inpatient mental health … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS), Average Distances Travelled by Patients at CCGs and Local Area Teams, Care Integration, Commission on Acute Adult Psychiatric Care, Commissioning for Parity of Esteem, Commissioning Support Units (CSUs), Community Care, Community Care Beds and Services, Community Mental Health, Community Mental Health Services, Community-Based Interventions, Community-Based Mental Health and Social Care Services, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Far-Away Placements in Mental Health Services: Adults in Acute Inpatient Care, Improving Acute Psychiatric Care for Adults in England, Inappropriate Far-Away Placements, Inappropriate OAPs (sic), Inappropriate Out of Area Treatments, Independent Commission on Acute Adult Psychiatric Care, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Mental Health Inpatient Capacity, Mental Health Patients Forced to Travel, Mental Health Policy, Mental Health Services, NHS Commissioning Support Units (CSUs), NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU, NHS Strategy Unit, Out of Area Placements (OAPs), Out of Area Placements in Mental Health Services: Adults in Acute Inpatient Care, Out-of-Area Care, Parity Between Mental and Physical Health, Parity of Esteem, Reducing Out of Area Placements (OAPs), Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP), Sustainability and Transformation Partnership, Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs)
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Promoting the Importance of Mental Wellbeing: Awareness, Budgets and Policy (NHS Employers / BBC News / CommunityCare / Department of Health / NHS England)
Summary NHS Employers has published an infographic / poster outlining key facts and figures about mental wellbeing. Full Text Link Reference Things you need to know about mental wellbeing. London: NHS Employers, February 20th 2015. Mental Health Service Budgets: Swings … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Depression, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS Employers, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Access to Mental Health Services, Admission Avoidance, Assertive Outreach, Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, BBC Health News, CAMHS Services, Care Integration, Changing how Services Are Commissioned: Care Based Around the Needs of children and Their Families, Children and Young People’s Mental Health Taskforce, Children and Young People’s Mental Health Taskforce Report (2015), Children’s and Adolescents’ Mental Health Services, CMHT: Community Mental Health Teams, Commissioning for Parity of Esteem, Community Care, Community Care Beds and Services, Community Mental Health, Community Mental Health Services, Community Mental Health Teams, Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs), Community Service Funding, Community-Based Interventions, Community-Based Mental Health and Social Care Services, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, CommunityCare (Online Journal), Continued Support Throughout Teenage Years into Early 20s (Avoiding Cliff-Edge of Lost Support at 18), Crisis Care Concordat, Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Teams, Crisis Response, Crisis Response Services, Crisis Response Teams (CRTs), Danny Alexander: Liberal Democrat Treasury Secretary, Early Intervention in Psychosis, Faye Wilson: Chair of British Association of Social Workers’ Mental Health Forum, Former Minister of Care Services Norman Lamb, Future in Mind Report (2015), Health and Social Care Integration, IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Importance of Mental Wellbeing Infographic Poster (NHS Employers), Improved Care for Children and Young People in Crisis, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme, Information and Self-Help Via Online Tools and Apps, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Physical and Mental Health, Investing in Recovery, Joint Working on the Liverpool CAMHS Model, Liaison Psychiatry Services, London Youth Health Centre Supporting Mental Wellbeing, Mental Health Budgets, Mental Health Early Interventions, Mental Health Funding, Mental Health Policy, Mental Health Service Budgets, Mental Health Services, Mental Health Training for Health Professionals (Including GPs), Mental Health Trusts, Mental Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing and Older People, NHS Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) for Older People with Mental Health Problems: Unit / Reference Costs, NHS Mental Health Budget, NHS Mental Health Services, Nick Clegg: Former Deputy Prime Minister, No Health Without Mental Health, Norman Lamb MP, Norman Lamb MP (Former Minister of State for Care and Support), One Stop Shop Support Services in the Community, Parity Between Mental and Physical Health, Parity of Esteem, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventative Care, Preventing Future Crises, Prevention, Prevention Programmes, Preventive Care, Preventive Services, Public Mental Health, Risk and Protective Factors for Mental Wellbeing, Self-Care, Simon Wessely: President of Royal College of Psychiatrists, Steve Chamberlain: Chair of College of Social Work’s Approved Mental Health Professionals Network, Support for Parents to Help Improve Family Relationships, Tackling Stigma and Improving Attitudes to Mental Illness, Time to Change, Tower Hamlets CAMHS Parenting Groups, Waiting Time Target for Psychological Therapies, Waiting Time Targets in the NHS in England, Young Minds Report (Children Young People and Family Engagement)
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Parity of Challenge for NHS Mental Health Services? (BBC News / RCN)
Summary Staff cuts and bed shortages, in the face of increasing demand, pose questions about the credibility of the NHS “parity of esteem” policy for mental health services. Full Text Link Reference Nurses warn of mental health services strain. London: … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Northern Ireland, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, RCN, Scotland, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, Acute Mental Health Services, Admissions to Mental Health Services, Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS), All Wales Medicine Strategy Group (2014), Available Beds, Betsi Cadwallader University Health Board, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME), Black and Minority Ethnic Communities: Mental Health, Bridging the Gap Campaign, CAMHS Services, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Commissioning for Parity of Esteem, Commissioning Older People’s Mental Health Services, Community-Based Services, Crisis Care Concordat, Delivering Parity of Esteem, Dr Peter Carter: Chief Executive and General Secretary at Royal College of Nursing, Early Intervention Psychosis (EIP) Teams, Early Referral to Mental Health Services, Formal Legal Detentions (Under Mental Health Legislation), Frontline First (RCN), IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme, Information Services Division Scotland, Inpatient Admissions, Inpatient Admissions and Bed Management in NHS Acute Hospitals, Liaison Mental Health Services, Mark Winstanley: Chief Executive of Rethink Mental Illness, Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA), Memory Services, Mental Health, Mental Health Beds: Local Availability, Mental Health Care, Mental Health Commissioning, Mental Health Crisis, Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat, Mental Health Foundation (MHF), Mental Health in England, Mental Health Inequalities, Mental Health Nursing, Mental Health Nursing Posts, Mental Health Nursing Workforce, Mental Health Policy, Mental Health Services, Mental Health Statistics, Mental Health Strategy, Mental Health Trusts, Mental Health Waiting Times, Mental Health Waiting Times Targets, Mental Healthcare, Mental Illness in the NHS, National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness, National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness (NCISH), NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Mental Health Services, No Health Without Mental Health, No Health Without Mental Health Strategy, Nursing Skill Mix, Older Adult Mental Health Services (OAMHS), Older People and Mental Health, Older People’s Mental Health Services, Parity Between Mental and Physical Health, Parity of Esteem, Peter Carter: Royal College of Nursing, Preventative Care, Prevention, Preventive Care, Rethink Mental Illness, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Frontline First Campaign, Secondary Mental Health Services, Shortages of Senior Nurses, Skill Mix in Mental Health Settings, Staffing Level Indicators: Skill Mix, Staffing Levels and Skill Mix, UK Mental Health Services, Waiting Time Target for Psychological Therapies, Waiting Time Targets in the NHS in England, Waiting Times and Access Standards, Waiting Times for Mental Health Services, Welsh Government, Workforce and Skill Mix, Workforce Planning, Workforce Planning and Development, Workforce Shortages in Mental Health Nursing
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Government Response Health Select Committee’s Report on Public Health England (Department of Health)
Summary The government has responded to the House of Commons Health Select Committee (HSC) report on Public Health England, published in February 2014. The response addresses concerns about PHE’s independence, policy work and relationship with the government. PHE has to be … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Ageing Policy in the UK, Alcohol or Tobacco Withdrawal, Aspirant Director of Public Health Programme, Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH), Behavioural Risk Factors, Change4Life, Change4Life Smart Swaps, Chief Medical Officer, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Risk Factors, Directors of Public Health, Directors of Public Health (DsPH), Emergency Preparedness, English Surveillance Programme for Antimicrobial Utilisation and Resistance, Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health (FPH), Health and Wellbeing Framework for England, Health Determinants, Health Improvement, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Health Policy, Health Protection, Health Protection Agency (HPA), Health Wellbeing and Independence, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Communities, Healthy Life Expectancy, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Living, House of Commons Health Committee, House of Commons Health Committee Report on Public Health England, Immunisation Programmes, Improving Local Public Health, Improving Public Health, Independence, Inequality in Healthy Life Expectancy, Information and Intelligence, Lifestyle, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Local Authority Directors of Public Health, Local Government Association: LGA, Local Health Protection, Local Health Resilience Partnerships (LHRPs), Local Public Health, Mental Health Policy, NHS Health Check, Pandemic Flu Preparedness, PHE's Relationship with Government, PHE: Public Health England, PHE’s Centre for Radiation Chemical and Environmental Hazards (CRCE), PHE’s Policy Work, Policy, Policy Context, Policy Development, Prevention of Dementia, Prevention of Dementia: Public Health England, Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health England’s Health and Wellbeing Framework, Public Health England’s Remit in 2014-15, Public Health Improvement, Reducing Health Inequalities, Royal College of Physicians: Faculty of Public Health (FPH), Smoking, Social Determinants of Health, Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, Social Epidemiology, Social Marketing, Social Policy and Society, Societal Determinants of Health, Stoptober Campaign, Tobacco Consumption, Transition to Public Health England, UK Faculty of Public Health, UK Government Dementia Awareness Campaign, Unhealthy Lifestyles, Vascular Risk Factors, Wellbeing, Wider Determinants of Health
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Mental Health Services In Crisis? (BBC News)
Summary Mental health services in England have been described as “a car crash”, not prioritised by the health secretary, by Professor Sue Bailey the outgoing president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Full Text Link Reference Buchanan, M. (2014). Mental … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Quick Insights, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged BBC Health News, Birmingham City Council, Care Integration, Commissioning for Parity of Esteem, Community Care, Community Care Beds and Services, Community Mental Health, Community Mental Health Services, Community-Based Interventions, Community-Based Mental Health and Social Care Services, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, CommunityCare (Online Journal), Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Former Minister of Care Services Norman Lamb, Health and Social Care Integration, IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme, Inpatient Beds, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Physical and Mental Health, LGA: Local Government Association, Local Government Association, Mental Health Policy, Mental Health Services, Mental Health Trusts, Norman Lamb MP, Norman Lamb MP (Former Minister of State for Care and Support), Parity Between Mental and Physical Health, Parity of Esteem, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventative Care, Preventing Future Crises, Prevention, Professor Sue Bailey: Former President of Royal College of Psychiatrists, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP: Former Secretary of State for Health, SANE, Sectioning under the Mental Health Act, Worcestershire County Council, Young Minds
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Cuts to Mental Health Early Interventions and Prevention (BBC News / Rethink Mental Illness / LSE / Community Care)
Summary A report from Rethink Mental Illness and the London School of Economics indicates that cuts to community-based mental health care could be costing the NHS millions in the long-run. Cuts to budgets involve fewer people receiving early intervention treatment and … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Access to Mental Health Services, Admission Avoidance, Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS), Average Distances Travelled by Patients at CCGs and Local Area Teams, Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Rehospitalisations, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, BBC Health News, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Brighton, Brighton and Hove, Bristol North Somerset Somerset and Gloucestershire Local Area Team, Care Integration, Commissioning for Parity of Esteem, Community Care, Community Care Beds and Services, Community Mental Health, Community Mental Health Services, Community-Based Interventions, Community-Based Mental Health and Social Care Services, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, CommunityCare (Online Journal), Dr Martin McShane: NHS England’s Director for People With Long Term Conditions, Far-Away Placements in Mental Health Services: Adults in Acute Inpatient Care, FOI: Freedom of information, Former Minister of Care Services Norman Lamb, Freedom of Information, Great Yarmouth, Great Yarmouth and Waveney CCG, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Health and Social Care Integration, HealthEast, IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme, Inappropriate Far-Away Placements, Inappropriate OAPs (sic), Inappropriate Out of Area Treatments, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Physical and Mental Health, Investing in Recovery, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire Local Area Team, London School of Economics (LSE), Mental Health Early Interventions, Mental Health Patients Forced to Travel, Mental Health Policy, Mental Health Services, Mental Health Taskforce, Mental Health Trusts, Mind, National Psychosis Summit, NHS Bristol CCG, NHS Digital, NHS Digital (Formerly the Health and Social Care Information Centre), NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney CCG, NHS Ipswich and East Suffolk CCG, NHS Vale of York CCG, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, Norman Lamb MP (Former Minister of State for Care and Support), Out of Area Placements (OAPs), Out of Area Placements in Mental Health Services: Adults in Acute Inpatient Care, Out-of-Area Care, Parity Between Mental and Physical Health, Parity of Esteem, Paul Farmer (Mind), Preventable Hospital Admissions, Preventative Care, Preventing Future Crises, Prevention, Prevention Programmes, Preventive Care, Preventive Services, Professor Wendy Burn: President of Royal College of Psychiatrists, Public Mental Health, Reducing Out of Area Placements (OAPs), Rethink, Rethink Mental Illness, Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP), Support Networks, Support Networks (Friends and Family), Waveney
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