NHS England has welcomed the mental health crisis care concordat as an important step forward in improving care and standards for people in a mental health crisis. The Concordat, launched today by the Department of Health, is a joint agreement which describes how police, mental health services, social work services and ambulance professionals should work […]

Patients with schizophrenia will on average die 14.6 years earlier, bipolar 10.1 and patients with schizoaffective disorder eight years earlier than the general population. They are dying of the same conditions as the general population but have the life expectancy of people living in the 1950s. As the Department of Health launches its Mental Health […]

The Department of Health announced on 4 January 2014 that an extra £25 million of funding for mental health nurses and other mental health professionals to work with police stations and courts so that people with mental health conditions and substance misuse problems get the right treatment as quickly as possible with the aim to […]

Seven new sites have been set up to look at rolling out personal health budgets to people who use mental health services. Devon Partnership NHS Trust and Positive Opportunities for Wellbeing CIC Dorset CCG South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Addictions Clinical Academic Group Stockport CCG and Stockport Local Authority Southwark CCG and Southwark […]

The Department of Health has today published a new interactive online map, bringing together existing information on dementia services in England. Alistair Burns, National Clinical Director for Dementia at NHS England, said: “The publication of this interactive map, using existing available information, builds a clear transparent picture of dementia services across the country. “We know […]

A workshop drawing together clinicians and experts in suicide prevention across Thames Valley and Wessex will be hosted by NHS England and NHS Mental Health Service providers* on World Suicide Day on Tuesday 10 September. During the workshop, attendees will hear from family members who will talk about the loss of a loved one who […]

Findings were published today of an independent investigation into the healthcare and treatment of Ronald Dixon. On 19 May 2006, Ronald Dixon killed Ashleigh Ewing when she attended his home in Heaton, Newcastle for a support visit, in the course of her work for the charity Mental Health Matters. On 22 October 2007 at Newcastle […]

Clinical leaders are gathering tomorrow to share their experiences of a ground-breaking NHS England programme to support GPs commissioning mental health services. Planning for the future: building on the national leadership support programme and the vision of the 31 London CCG mental health leaders is being held tomorrow in London. Following the Health and Social […]