PUBLIC MEETING CANCELLED ON 19 Th March 2019 DUE TO CORONAVIRUS

PUBLIC MEETING CANCELLED ON 19 Th March 2019 DUE TO CORONAVIRUS

  Meeting due to take place at Harpurhey Neighbourhood Project Centre will be cancelled due to the Cronoavirus. Further information will be give as to the next possible date as soon as we may be allowed to hold Public Meetings.   COVID-19 is a new illness that can affect your lungs and airways. It’s caused […]

Increasing numbers of mental health patients are being ‘dumped’ on their GP and discharged from psychiatric care, damning report says

Increasing numbers of mental health patients are being ‘dumped’ on their GP and discharged from psychiatric care, damning report says

“The perception was that people with complex and chronic disabilities are ‘dumped’ on GPs, many of whom ‘lack the capacity and willingness to understand’ how to manage their care.”

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.

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.

‘Mental health is as important as physical health’: Manchester ‘yogi-preneur’ backs Time To Talk campaign

‘Mental health is as important as physical health’: Manchester ‘yogi-preneur’ backs Time To Talk campaign

A Manchester journalist-turned-yoga teacher has revealed how she used yoga to help her combat mental health issues – and she hopes others will join her.

Disability benefit claimants with mental health issues ‘lose under new payments’

Disability benefit claimants with mental health issues ‘lose under new payments’

By: PA     More than half of disability benefit claimants with mental health problems are losing out financially after being moved on to the Government’s new Personal Independence Payment, according to new figures. Campaigners called for an urgent overhaul of the reassessments, which millions of claimants are having to undergo as Disability Living Allowance is […]

Councils defend record on mental health funding

Councils defend record on mental health funding

Council chiefs have defended their record on mental health funding after a charity accused them of spending ‘next to nothing’ on mental health initiatives. A freedom of information request by mental health charity Mind revealed local authorities were spending less than 1% of their public health budget on mental health services. The Local Government Association […]

Mental health budgets ‘still being cut despite pledge’

Neil Jewell, who had schizophrenia, died after failings in his care, accepted by the Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT) looking after him.

Mental health budgets ‘still being cut despite pledge’

By Sophie Hutchinson  BBC News:Image caption Neil Jewell died after being unable to access the care he needed   Mental health trusts in England are still having their budgets cut, despite government assurances they would be funded on a par with physical healthcare, figures suggest. Analysis by the King’s Fund think tank, seen by the BBC, […]

Szasz argued that mental illnesses are not real in the sense that cancers are real

Szasz argued that mental illnesses are not real in the sense that cancers are real

Thomas Szasz: Does mental illness exist? A conversation with Thomas Szasz. Filmed at the Centre of Excellence in Interdisciplinary Mental Health where he discusses ‘does mental illness exist? “If you talk to God, you are praying; If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.”–Thomas S. Szasz. Wednesday 10 Th September, 2014 Thomas S. Szasz received […]

Survey shows one in three adults with common mental disorders report using treatment services

One in three adults (37 per cent) aged 16-74, with conditions such as anxiety or depression, surveyed in England, were accessing mental health treatment in 2014.

Survey shows one in three adults with common mental disorders report using treatment services

  One in three adults (37 per cent) aged 16-74, with conditions such as anxiety or depression, surveyed in England, were accessing mental health treatment in 2014. The results of the Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing4, published today by NHS Digital, show that this figure has increased from one in four people (24 per […]

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