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Tag Archives: Serious Mental Illness (SMI)
Health Profile for England: a Contribution Towards the NHS Ten Year Plan (BBC News / PHE)
Summary Public Health England (PHE) have published their second “Health Profile for England” report. This attempts to give a comprehensive and up-to-date summary of the population’s health in England, with projections for the future. Evidence in this annual report is … 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, Local Interest, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Absolute and Relative Measures of Inequality, Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) in England, Affluence and Health Inequalities, Age-Standardised Mortality Rates (ASMRs), Age-Standardised Years of Life Lost (SYLL), Ageing Population, BBC Health News, Causes of Death, Child Health, Cross-Country Comparisons, Current and Emerging Health Protection Issues: Health Profile for England - 2018 (PHE), Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: Leading Cause of Death in 2015, Dental Decay in Children, Deprivation and Leading Causes of Death, Developing the Long Term Plan for the NHS. September 2018 Consultation (NHS England), Diabetes, Duncan Selbie: Chief Executive of Public Health England, Early Life, Emerging Health Protection Issues, English Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), English Indices of Deprivation, European Comparisons, Excess Weight in Children, Female Life Expectancy, Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD), Good Level of Development in Children, GP Patient Survey (GPPS), Health and Care Suitable for an Ageing Population, Health Care Workforce, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities and Socio-Economic Inequalities in Health, Health Inequalities in England, Health of Children in Early Years: Health Profile for England - 2018 (PHE), Health Profile for England (2018), Health Profile for England (PHE), Health Profile for England - 2018: Current and Emerging Health Protection Issues, Health Profile for England - 2018: Health of Children in Early Years, Health Profile for England - 2018: Inequalities in Health, Health Profile for England - 2018: Methods Data and Definitions Issues, Health Profile for England - 2018: Population Change and Trends in Life Expectancy, Health Profile for England - 2018: Trends in Morbidity and Risk Factors, Health Profile for England - 2018: Trends in Mortality, Health Profile for England - 2018: Wider Determinants of Health, Health Profile for England: 2017, Health Protection, Health Protection Issues, Healthy Life Expectancy, Healthy Life Expectancy and Years Lived in Poor Health, Hearing Loss, Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), Inequalities in Health: Health Profile for England - 2018 (PHE), Inequalities in Life Expectancy, Innovation, Innovation for an Ageing Population, Innovation in the NHS, International Comparisons, John Newton: Director of Health Improvement at Public Health England, Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy and Causes of Death, Life Expectancy at Birth: Female (Life Expectancy and Causes of Death), Life Expectancy at Birth: Male (Life Expectancy and Causes of Death), Life Expectancy Projections, Low Birthweight at Term, Lower Super Output Areas (LSOAs), Lower Super Output Areas (LSOAs) Within England, Male Life Expectancy, Mean Deviation (Measure of Inequality), Methods Data and Definitions Issues: Health Profile for England - 2018 (PHE), Minimum Income Standard (MIS), Morbidity and Risk Factors, Mortality Trends, Muscle and Joint Problems, Musculoskeletal Disorders, National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP), National Population Projections, Neurological Conditions, NHS 10 Year Plan, Obesity, PHE Forecasts (ForecastPro), PHE: Public Health England, Population Change and Trends in Life Expectancy: Health Profile for England - 2018, Population Projections, Proportion of Life Spent in Poor Health, Public Health England (PHE), Quality of Life Score (EQ-5D), Relative Index of Inequality, Relative Index of Inequality (RII), Serious Mental Illness (SMI), Sight Loss, Slope Index of Inequality, Slope Index of Inequality (SII) for Any Indicator, Slope Index of Inequality (SII) for Life Expectancy and Healthy Life Expectancy in England, Slope Index of Inequality in Life Expectancy, Smoking, Smoking at Time of Booking, Smoking Prevalence, Smoking Status At Time of Delivery, Smoking Status at Time of Delivery (Children’s and Young People’s Health), Social Determinants of Health, Social Determinants of Health (SDH), Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, State of Nation’s Health Revealed (PHE), Teenage Conceptions, Ten Year Plan for NHS, Trends in Morbidity and Risk Factors: Health Profile for England - 2018 (PHE), Trends in Mortality: Health Profile for England - 2018 (PHE), Wellbeing in an Ageing Population, Wider Determinants of Health, Wider Determinants of Health: Health Profile for England - 2018 (PHE), Workforce Challenges, Workforce Issues, Years Lived in Poor Health, Years Lived With Disability (YLD)
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Mental Health: Still the Cinderella Services of the NHS? (BBC News / NHS England)
Summary An extra £1 billion of extra funding is to be committed to improving mental health services in England by 2020. Full Text Link Reference Triggle, N. (2016). Mental health care ‘is ruining lives’. [Subsequently re-titled as “Nation must focus … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, 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 Evidence, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged 24/7 Community-Based Mental Health Crisis Response, Access to Mental Health Services, Achieving Better Access to Mental Health Services by 2020/21, Acute Hospital A&E and Liaison Mental Health Teams, Acute Mental Health Care: Inpatient and Crisis Home Treatment, Acute Mental Health Services, Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS), Annual Funding Increase of £1 Billion for Mental Health n England by 2020/21, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Black Box: Local Authority Spending (Lack of Transparency), CAMHS Services, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Transformation Plans, CMHT: Community Mental Health Teams, Commissioning Acute Mental Health Care, Commissioning Liaison Mental Health Services in Acute Hospitals, Community and Mental Health Trusts, Community Mental Health, Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs), Community-Based Care, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Crisis Care Concordat, Crisis Home Resolution Teams, Crisis Prevention, Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Teams (CRHTTs), Crisis Support, CYP-IAPT: Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Programme, Data Improvement, David Cameron, Early Intervention in Psychosis, Early Referral to Mental Health Services, Eating Disorders, Family Life and Early Years, Five Year Forward View, Five Year Forward View for Mental Health, Five Year Forward View Mental Health Taskforce, FOI: Freedom of information, Former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Health and Justice Care Pathway, Health Foundation, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB), IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Improving Access to Mental Health Services, Improving Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT), Improving Perinatal Mental Health, Independent Commission on Acute Adult Psychiatric Care, Independent Mental Health Taskforce to the NHS in England, Individual Placement and Support (IPS), Individual Placement and Support for People With Severe Mental Illness, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Interaction between Physical and Mental Health, Investment in Mental Health, Liaison Mental Health Services, Liaison Mental Health Teams, Mental and Physical Health, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health and Work, Mental Health Crisis, Mental Health Crisis Care, Mental Health Foundation (MHF), Mental Health Liaison Services in Emergency Departments and Inpatient Wards, Mental Health Patients Forced to Travel, Mental Health Problems, Mental Health Professionals in Emergency Departments, Mental Health Services, Mental Health Services in Accident and Emergency Units, Mental Health Trusts, Mental Health: Chronic Underinvestment, Multi-Agency Suicide Prevention, Multispeciality Community Providers (MCPs), NHS Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) for Older People with Mental Health Problems: Unit / Reference Costs, Older People’s Mental Health Services, Older Persons’ Mental Health, Parity Between Mental and Physical Health, Parity of Esteem, Paul Farmer (Mind), Paul Farmer: Chair of Mental Health Taskforce, Perinatal Mental Health, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Proactive Management of Long-Term Conditions, Primary and Acute Care Systems (PACS), Psychosis, Reducing Restrictive Interventions, Restraint and Restrictions, Serious Mental Illness (SMI), Service User Experience in Adult Mental Health Services, Stigma and Discrimination, Substance Misuse in Older People, Supported Housing, Tackling Stigma and Improving Attitudes to Mental Illness, Talking Therapies, Think Ahead, Unmet Mental Health Needs, Unmet Needs, Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) Vanguards, Waiting Time Target for People Experiencing Psychosis, Waiting Times for Mental Health Services, Workforce Development, Workforce Planning, Young People’s Mental Health Services
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World Mental Health Day (Department of Health / MHF / NHS England / Health Foundation)
Summary Today is World Mental Health Day. Full Text Link Reference Osterloh, M. (2015). World Mental Health Day and the power of small gestures. London: Department of Health, October 10th 2015. This is hosted by the Mental Health Foundation (MHF): … Continue reading
Posted in Charitable Bodies, Delirium, Department of Health, Depression, Health Foundation, In the News, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Mental Health Foundation, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Nuffield Trust, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Academic Services, Age Appropriate Mental Health Services, Age Appropriate Old Age Psychiatry Services For Older People With Mental Health Problems, Age Discrimination, Age Discrimination in Mental Health, Alistair Burns: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Older People’s Mental Health, Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Awareness, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Campaigns, Awareness Raising, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME), Black and Minority Ethnic Elders, BME Communities, BME: Black and Minority Ethnic, Caregiver’s Mental Health, Clinical Record Interactive Search (CRIS), Commissioning Older People’s Mental Health Services, Common Mental Health Disorders, Common Mental Health Problems (CMHP), Cost of Mental Health Problems, Crisis Prevention, Crisis Support, Dementia: Community Based Support, Dementia: Dementia in General Hospitals, Dementia: Early Identification and Intervention in People With Dementia, Dementia: Intensive Case Management, Dementia: Late Stage Dementia, Dementia: People With Dementia in Care Homes, Dementia: Post Diagnostic Support, Dementia: Reducing Stigma and Raising Awareness, Dementia: Young Onset Services, Deprivation, Developing an Ideal Old Age Service: Royal College of Psychiatrists (2013), Discrimination / Stigma, Dr James Warner: Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry at Royal College of Psychiatrists, Elderly Forensic Psychiatric Services, Elderly People With Mental Illness, Emergency Admissions, Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry, Fundamental Facts About Mental Health 2015, IAPT: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, Improving Access to Mental Health Services, Improving Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT), Improving Perinatal Mental Health, Interaction between Physical and Mental Health, Investment in Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Managing Ongoing Physical and Mental Health Conditions, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health and Work, Mental Health Crisis, Mental Health Crisis Care, Mental Health Foundation, Mental Health Foundation (MHF), Mental Health Problems, Mental Health Services, Mind, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, No Health Without Mental Health, North Southwark Community Mental Health Team (NSCMHT) for Older People, OASIS: Older Adults Support in Southwark, Old Age Faculty of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Old Age Forensic Services, Old Age Psychiatry, Older Adult Mental Health (OPMH), Older People’s Mental Health Services, Older Persons’ Mental Health, OPMH: Older Adult Mental Health, Parity Between Mental and Physical Health, Parity of Esteem, People With Learning Disabilities, People With Learning Disabilities Who Develop Dementia, Power of Small Gestures: World Mental Health Day (2015), Prevalence of Mental Illness, Prevention of Avoidable Emergency Admissions: Proactive Management of Long-Term Conditions, Professor Alistair Burns, Psychiatric Liaison Accreditation Network (PLAN) (Royal College of Psychiatrists), Rapid Assessment Interface and Discharge (RAID), Reducing Stigma, Rethink Mental Illness, Serious Mental Illness (SMI), Social Deprivation, Social Isolation, Socio-Economic Deprivation, Stigma, Stigma and Discrimination, Substance Misuse in Older People, Tackling Stigma and Improving Attitudes to Mental Illness, Talking Therapies, Think Ahead, Time to Change, Unmet Mental Health Needs, Unmet Needs, World Federation of Mental Health, World Mental Health Day, World Mental Health Day (2015), Young Onset Dementia Services
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Five Year Forward View Mental Health Taskforce: Public Engagement Feedback (NHS England / Mental Health Taskforce)
Summary The views of over 20,000 people have been collated concerning the priorities for the future “shape” of mental health services, given the need to develop a five-year national NHS strategy. The top five priorities for change by 2020 are: … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 5YFV: NHS Five Year Forward View, Access and Choice, Access to Mental Health Services, Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS), Aging and Mental Health, Avoiding Restrictive Interventions, Care Planning, Care Planning (Community), Care Planning (Inpatient), Choice of Treatments, Commissioning for Parity of Esteem, Common Mental Health Problems (CMHP), Community Mental Health Profiles (CMHP), Community Mental Health Services, Delivering Parity of Esteem, Dr Geraldine Strathdee: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Mental Health, Early Referral to Mental Health Services, Five Year Forward View, Five Year Forward View Mental Health Taskforce, Five Year Forward View Mental Health Taskforce: Public Engagement Feedback, Ian Callaghan: Rethink Mental Illness, Jacqui Dyer: Vice Chair of Mental Health Taskforce, Least Restrictive Option, Least Restrictive Practice, Least Restrictive Principle, Least Restrictive Setting, Mental Health Service Budgets, Mental Health Services, Mental Health Taskforce, Mental Health Taskforce: Engagement Report, Mental Health Taskforce: Engagement Report: Theme One: Prevention and Stigma, Mental Health Taskforce: Engagement Report: Theme Three: Quality and Experience, Mental Health Taskforce: Engagement Report: Theme Two: Access and Choice, Mind, NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Mental Health Services, Older People’s Mental Health Services, Parity Between Mental and Physical Health, Parity of Esteem, Paul Farmer (Mind), Paul Farmer: Chair of Mental Health Taskforce, Personalised Care Planning, Prevention and Stigma, Quality and Experience, Reducing Restrictive Interventions, Restraint and Restrictions, Rethink Mental Illness, Self-Management, Serious Mental Illness (SMI), Service User Experience in Adult Mental Health Services, Skill Mix, Stigma and Discrimination, Stigma-Free Environments, Tackling Stigma and Improving Attitudes to Mental Illness, Talking Therapies, Waiting Times for Mental Health Services, Workforce and Skill Mix, Young People’s Mental Health Services
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