More UK nurses and midwives leaving than joining profession
More nurses and midwives are leaving the profession in the UK than joining it, for the first time since 2008, figures show.…
Taking Fish Oil Containing Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) Gives Positive Effects Upon Bipolar Disorder
Having used fish oils containing EPA (Eicosapentaenoic acid) for many years I have obtained excellent results leading to no depression, after suffering for over ten years with it. …
Public sector workers are more likely to say their mental health is poor and to have less support than private sector employees
Workplace mental health support is worse in the public sector than in the private sector, according to a comprehensive study by mental health charity Mind.…
Tory deputy mayor: Best thing for disabled children is the guillotine
The retired GP made his sick suggestion to fellow councillors as they discussed sending the youngsters to a £3,000-a-week care home…
People with mental health problems made more unwell by benefits system
Mental health charity Mind has today revealed that a high proportion of people with mental health problems are being made more unwell by the benefits system. In particular, the process of being ‘sanctioned’ – having financial support cut or stopped altogether – is worsening people’s mental health.…
One Woman’s Struggle to Get Mental Health Support
The World Health Organization has estimated that mental or neurological disorders will affect one in four people at some point in their lives. In the U.K., one charity says this proportion is far higher.…
More UK nurses and midwives leaving than joining profession
More nurses and midwives are leaving the profession in the UK than joining it, for the first time since 2008, figures show.…
Taking Fish Oil Containing Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) Gives Positive Effects Upon Bipolar Disorder
Having used fish oils containing EPA (Eicosapentaenoic acid) for many years I have obtained excellent results leading to no depression, after suffering for over ten years with it. …
More UK nurses and midwives leaving than joining profession
More nurses and midwives are leaving the profession in the UK than joining it, for the first time since 2008, figures show.…
Taking Fish Oil Containing Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) Gives Positive Effects Upon Bipolar Disorder
Having used fish oils containing EPA (Eicosapentaenoic acid) for many years I have obtained excellent results leading to no depression, after suffering for over ten years with it. …
Public sector workers are more likely to say their mental health is poor and to have less support than private sector employees
Workplace mental health support is worse in the public sector than in the private sector, according to a comprehensive study by mental health charity Mind.…
Tory deputy mayor: Best thing for disabled children is the guillotine
The retired GP made his sick suggestion to fellow councillors as they discussed sending the youngsters to a £3,000-a-week care home…
People with mental health problems made more unwell by benefits system
Mental health charity Mind has today revealed that a high proportion of people with mental health problems are being made more unwell by the benefits system. In particular, the process of being ‘sanctioned’ – having financial support cut or stopped altogether – is worsening people’s mental health.…
One Woman’s Struggle to Get Mental Health Support
The World Health Organization has estimated that mental or neurological disorders will affect one in four people at some point in their lives. In the U.K., one charity says this proportion is far higher.…
Pushing people to the brink of suicide: the reality of benefit assessments
Department for Work and Pensions assessments are damaging people’s lives. And they don’t even provide the predicted savings…
Housing problems causing mental illness, says charity
Housing problems in England are causing people to suffer anxiety, depression and panic attacks, says Shelter.…
Appeal to find mental health patient John Piggott who has been missing for three months
John Piggott has not been seen since January after going on leave from hospital to Prestwich in Bury…
Scandal of the mental health patients being sent more than 125 miles away for care
People with mental health issues from Greater Manchester have been put in care up to 180 miles away as pressure on services mounts, the M.E.N. can reveal. NHS figures show five patients from the region were placed between 125 and 185 miles away as of December by Greater Manchester West NHS Foundation Trust.…
SALFORD MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT GROUP THAT FOUGHT MAYOR NOW RECEIVES COUNCIL VISIT
Five years ago the United Service Users Committee, or USUC, fought a massive campaign against cuts to mental health wellbeing drop-ins by Salford City Council and the former City Mayor, Ian Stewart.…
Tories Ready To Decimate NHS
When local NHS bosses and councils are bullied and bribed into compliance the writing is on the wall for the rest of us – organise and defend the NHS, says JOHN LISTER…
A guide to writing your first mental health tribunal report
What are social circumstances reports and how should you go about completing one? A mental health social worker offers advice…
The Mental Patients Union, 1973
The Mental Patients Union (MPU), in the early 1970s, could probably be seen as the first service user involvement movement. Founder member Andrew Roberts described the Union’s genesis:…
Mental health scheme for pupils is rolled out to schools across Sheffield
An initiative aimed at tackling the growing number of pupils who suffer from mental health problems is being rolled out to 40 schools across a Yorkshire city.…
The OxyContin Cartel: Billionaire Family 16th Richest in the U.S.
The Sackler family have profited handsomely from the highly addictive painkiller, according to Forbes.…
DPO hopes mayoral election will see Manchester lead the way on disability rights
A leading disabled people’s organisation (DPOs) is hoping to persuade the first elected mayor of Greater Manchester to make the region a trailblazer for disability rights in England.…
Mental health campaigner Tom McAlpine, the father of Coronation Street star Jennie McAlpine, dies
Tributes have already poured in for the Coronation Street star's father, who was chair of the mental health charity Moodswings…
Maximus ‘admits’ using brutal and dangerous suicide questions
One of the outsourcing giants paid to assess disabled people for their eligibility for benefits appears to have admitted that it is standard practice – approved by the government – to ask claimants with mental health conditions why they failed to take their own lives.…
Number of mental health patients treated hundreds of miles from home hits new high
Doctors warn of growing crisis that risks patient safety after huge cuts to specialist mental heath beds…
