Current government policy priority is to extend health services to a full ‘seven-day NHS’
The paper found that the incidence of suicide was 12-15 percent lower at the weekend
A new study from The University of Manchester, prompted by current government policy for a ‘seven-day NHS’, has found that suicide deaths by mental health patients are actually lower at the weekends. A current government policy priority is to extend health services to a full ‘seven-day NHS’, partly due to claims that patients admitted at […]
Researchers want to hear the views of serving regular and reservist military personnel, veterans, organisations that support them and staff from all the emergency services on the challenges they face and what could help mitigate these
By Leicester MercuryBy Cathy Buss New mental health study Military men and women, as well as those working in the emergency services, are needed for a new mental health study. Researchers at Loughborough University are looking for serving personnel and veterans to take part in group discussions on mental health. The team from […]
Alan's daughter Natasha fell to her death after an 18-month battle to get help for depression, and following his death on Wednesday, grieving friends have joined with campaigners to continue the fight
BY TODD FITZGERALD Alan Wise Grieving friends of heartbroken father Alan Wise, whose daughter fell to her death following an 18-month battle get help counselling for depression, have joined with mental health campaigners to ask: “How many more?” The Manchester music mogul passed away in his sleep on Wednesday night less than three months […]
Medic in his 60s was fatally stabbed at Southleigh community hospital in south London
Press Association Police are appealing for witnesses. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA A patient has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a nurse was fatally stabbed at a mental health facility. The medic, who was in his 60s, suffered a number of knife wounds during the incident at Southleigh community hospital, in south London. He […]
Emergency crews attended the scene, near to Manchester’s Gay Village, at around 8.40pm
BY: BETH ABBIT The man was talked down from roof of NCP car park on Chorlton Street Police negotiators spent almost two hours persuading a man to come down from the roof of a city centre car park. Trained officers were called to the NCP car park on Chorlton Street after a man clambered […]
The only certainty is that current reporting of deaths is confused and incomplete. The NHS places nearly half of all its young psychiatric patients in private psychiatric units and these are not subject to FoI requests.
BBC Panorama By Peter Marshall A charity for bereaved families is demanding the government investigates the way deaths of young people in mental health units are recorded. Research by Inquest suggests at least nine young people have died in England as in-patients since 2010. Health Minister Alistair Burt told BBC Panorama he didn’t know the […]
Manchester’s new Health and Wellbeing Service ‘buzz’ has been launched, following the redesign of the sectors across the city.
By Nic Marko One of only five combined mental health and social care Trusts in England and Wales, buzz has been implemented to improve the health of people in Manchester. Bridget Hughes, General Manager for buzz Health and Wellbeing Service, believes the resource will allow the local population to live in better physical and mental […]
Deborah Cooper and Martina Brincat-Baines have launched a campaign to improve provision for troubled teenagers, criticising the government for ‘inadequate’ funding for young people in the midst of a crisis
BY: TODD FITZGERALD Martina Brincat-Baines, mum of Kesia, and Deborah Cooper, Tyler’s mum Two mothers whose suicidal children died after their cries for help were ‘ignored’ have joined forces to demand an overhaul of mental health services – and more cash to help vulnerable youngsters. Deborah Cooper and Martina Brincat-Baines have launched a campaign […]
The city's mental health trust is expected to axe £1.5m in services this morning. Here's why all of us should be outraged
BY: Jennifer Williams When cuts have gone on this long, there is a danger they can start to look a bit samey, to barely pass as news. A million from this service. Two million from that. This council has shrunk by this percent. This other public body is about to fall over. But there are […]
John Byron has been under the care of Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust for nine years, and now they've decided they can do no more for him
BY: JENNIFER WILLIAMS Mental health patient John Byron A severely depressed mental health campaigner has been abruptly discharged from care after nearly a decade – and told there is nothing else that can be done for him. John Byron, 49, has long been under the care of Manchester’s community mental health team to help […]
