Article amended, 3 December 2015, to correct an error in paragraph 18. A ‘groundswell of commitment and energy’ will help transform children and young people’s mental health services (CYPMH), a top NHS official will tell England’s Chief Nurses. Karen Turner, NHS England’s Director of Mental Health, will outline some of the changes expected to CYPMH […]

A ‘passport’ style brief of key facts that children and young people using mental health services can use to help them avoid repeating their history and preferences is launched today (Thursday 15 Oct). The ‘passport’ idea, which includes clinical information as well as key personal preferences, has been developed by young people, parents and carers […]

Three leading models of how to care for people with dementia are being flagged up to the NHS in a bid to improve patient services by sharing learning. Thousands of people are benefiting from the thriving schemes at Gnosall, Northumberland, and Rotherham and Doncaster and are highlighted in a new report out today. Patient benefits include: […]

Thousands of people in mental health crisis have been able to access the urgent care they need quickly and directly thanks to a flagship £1million crisis helpline in the North East. People with mental health issues, who might previously have attended A&E, have been able to use a single telephone number set up by Northumberland, […]

The Chairman of the Mental Health Taskforce told the Health and Innovation Expo 2015 conference “we are at the start of a new era for mental health.” As he launched the Mental Health Taskforce Engagement Report at the event in Manchester, Paul Farmer, CEO of charity Mind and Taskforce Chair, said he was delighted to […]

A man who spent 25 years using a variety of mental health services co-ordinated the biggest UK gathering of people in secure care to get views on how to improve care. Ian Callaghan, who now works for Rethink Mental Illness, led a session which used voting pads to ask the 120-strong service user audience important […]

More than 20,000 people have given their views on the top priorities for reshaping mental health services as part of a drive to develop a five year national NHS strategy for people of all ages. Better access to high quality services, a wider choice of treatments, more focus on prevention, more funding and less stigma […]

NHS England has distributed £30m of funding to improve eating disorder services aiming to achieve 95 per cent of patients being seen within four weeks or one week for urgent cases by 2020. The funding is the first stage of a new programme to improve children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing and will […]

Frontline workers today heard the latest from the Mental Health Taskforce. Around 350 delegates to this year’s National Recovery and Outcomes Conference were addressed by the taskforce’s chair, Paul Farmer, chief executive of Mind, and Jacquie Dyer, the taskforce’s vice-chair. Paul and Jacquie explained the Taskforce’s aim is to create a five-year national strategy for […]

The first ever survey seeking the views of children and young people on the health services they receive has been published today. Children and young people aged eight to 15 years have been asked to give their views as part of the survey conducted by the Care Quality Commission. Children aged nought to seven years […]