The latest NHS England management data has shown the real life and immediate impact of the Medical Training Prioritisation Act. The Act came into force in March responding to concerns about increasing competition faced by UK-trained doctors for postgraduate medical training posts. It has delivered what it promised despite being urgent legislation coming into effect […]
Half of the country is now covered by a new service to make sure people with mental health conditions, learning disabilities or other vulnerabilities such as debt or homelessness are supported in police custody and the courts. Sixteen new ‘Liaison and Diversion’ (L&D) teams are now up and running, bringing the total to 26 schemes […]
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 […]