"Mental health can change so quickly between being relatively stable, to finding yourself in real danger. More funding and awareness is needed."
By WBgdavies By Ginette Davies Lucy Teuton There have been calls for an urgent review of funding for mental health services following the death of a new mum. At Lucy Teuton’s inquest a psychiatric nurse admitted there was a lack of staff to provide regular contact with clients. The […]
Decisions that have no mandate or support from professional health workers or those who represent them including Unison’s Manchester Community and Mental Health Branch and Trade Unionist from all parts of the region.
Manchester Town Hall (photo) By: Paul Reed. Anyone who has anything to do with the care of people who suffer from a mental health illness, including ‘Dual Diagnosis Service’ should aim to read the following : Manchester City Council Mental Health Services consultation report, as reported below and at the following link: Here . […]
Fear of hospital closures (Already we have lost Edale Unit, PFI hospital) This is a big concern meeting Calling for your attendance for it is urgently needed ! SOS SAVE OUR SERVICES SOS
MANCHESTER USERS’ NETWORK MEETING. Tuesday 8 th November 2016, 1.30pm Harpurhey Wellbeing Centre, 93, CHURCH LANE, MANCHESTER M9 5BG. Mental Health Trust Take Over! User Engagement with Tom Woodcock, Greater Manchester West Mental Health Foundation Trust. We also invite, Commissioners, patients, ex – patients from Bolton, Salford and Trafford that have used the Trust’s Services […]
Gordon Anglesea spent years denying any of the attacks, with one key witness hanging himself before the case got to trial.
By Tom Parmenter, Sky News Correspondent Ex-police chief jailed for child sex abuse Survivors who spent nearly four decades fighting for justice cheered in court as a “predator” former policeman was finally jailed for child sexual abuse offences. Former superintendent Gordon Anglesea, 79, showed little emotion as he was sentenced at Mold Crown […]
Budget cuts to mental health services are deadly, and are driving people to the edge.
BY:SAM WOOLFE HEALTH, UK The latest figures show that the number of mental health nurses has dropped by 15% since the Conservatives came to power in 2010. Royal College of Nursing (RCN) chief executive Janet Davies said: These numbers make it very clear why so many mental health patients are simply not getting the care they […]
Since Conservatives came to power in 2010, number of specialist nurses has fallen from 45,384 to 38,774
Denis Campbell Health policy editor The Royal College of Nursing claims the figures proved ministerial pledges of recent years were not being delivered. Photograph: UIG via Getty Images The number of mental health nurses working in the NHS has dropped by almost a sixth since the Conservatives came to power in 2010, figures […]
Wales On average less than half of trainee GPs in Wales – 45% – did training in a mental health setting in 2015, according to new figures. The details came from a freedom of information request by charity Mind Cymru to Welsh Government-funded medical educator, the Wales Deanery. Mind said none of the hours […]
Article By: Charley Walker, News Editor Mental illnesses, from anxiety and depression to OCD and bipolar disorder, affect one in four of the British population regardless of age but older people are often overlooked when it comes to discussions of mental health and wellbeing. It is estimated that 85 per cent of the three […]
Fewer than half of GPs have adequate training in mental health, new figures suggest.
Last updated: 01 November 2016, 00:10 GMT Print this story Fewer than half of GPs have adequate training in mental health, new figures suggest. Data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by the charity Mind shows that only 46% of trainee GPs have undertaken a training placement in a mental health setting. And once […]
