NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Mental Health marks the start of Mental Health Awareness Week with a look at how messages are getting across: While the nation has been swept up in the drama of the election, backstage the NHS has continued with business as usual. And so this week’s Mental Health Awareness Week #MHAW15 is […]
The announcement of the Mental Health Taskforce shows that mental health is now at the leading edge of transforming England’s health system. It also means that mental health is at the forefront of delivering the NHS Five Year Forward View modernisation. People who have experienced mental ill health, those who commission and provide services, academics […]
NHS England will today (24 March) launch a ground breaking initiative to help treat depression and anxiety and improve access to psychological therapies by unveiling the first ever directory of NHS-endorsed digital mental health services. The Mental Health Apps Library will go live at 12.00pm and feature online tools, resources and apps that have a proven […]
NHS England has set out guidance for how new access and waiting time standards for mental health services are to be introduced. In October, NHS England and the Department of Health announced the measures in Improving better access to mental health services by 2020. NHS England’s guidance, out today for CCGs, explains the case for change […]
The introduction of the access and waiting time standards for mental health marks the start of a new era in England’s mental health services and in its healthcare system. It is the start of the end of the low levels of access to effective care and treatments for so many people who live their lives in […]
Following this week’s (17 December) Board meeting, NHS England has today published the clinical commissioning group (CCG) and primary care allocations for 2015-16 and the notional split to CCG level to support the primary care co-commissioning agenda and the notional specialised commissioning balance by CCG for 2015-16. The allocations include the recently announced £1.98bn of […]
NHS England allocates £1.98 billion of extra cash to every locality across England The leaders of the NHS in England have set out new steps to be taken during 2015/16 to deliver the NHS five-year forward view. Called The Forward View into action: planning for 2015/16, the planning guidance is backed by the recently-announced £1.98 billion of additional funding, with specific allocations for each area of England. […]
The, Chief Nursing Officer for England, reflects on young carers and the challenges they face. I recently had the privilege of attending and speaking at an event with carers. As part of my speech I pledged that: ‘I, Jane Cummings, Chief Nursing Officer for England, pledge to work with young carers Hannah and Ambeya to […]
Another thirteen trial schemes are to launch in April 2015 to place mental health professionals in police stations and courts. These schemes aim to ensure people who come into the criminal justice system with mental health conditions, learning disabilities and other vulnerabilities are recognised and are promptly referred into health and other services to get […]
Since the publication of this blog Dr Martin McShane has left NHS England. On the eve of the 2014 Future of Health Conference, NHS England’s Director for People with Long Term Conditions, Dr Martin McShane, explains why empowering patients is vital: I was speaking at a conference last week and was introduced to Shirley. She […]