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17/5/2012 This Briefing summarises the findings and recommendations from a recent report, commissioned by the Department of Health, into race equality in mental health. The report is based on a series of interviews with NHS and local authority leaders.
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18/4/2012 A close relationship exists between long-term physical conditions and mental health and wellbeing. This Briefing describes how primary and secondary health services can improve patient outcomes, while reducing the overall costs of care for the NHS.
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18/4/2012 This Briefing sets out the policy context around tackling homelessness and addressing the mental health needs of homeless people.
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18/4/2012 A guide to service design and productivity improvement for commissioners, clinicians and managers in primary care, secondary care and mental health.
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25/1/2012 In mental health there has not been a consistent set of definitions that describe what is meant by an inpatient bed. This has led to difficulty in benchmarking and understanding patterns of performance.
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6/12/2011 This Briefing, produced in association with the National Housing Federation, outlines a number of routes that mental health providers and housing associations may wish to explore together to improve quality and reduce costs.
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5/12/2011 This briefing introduces the National Patient Safety Agency's new suicide prevention toolkits for community, emergency and general practice staff.
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5/12/2011 This Briefing sets out the policy context for outcomes in mental health and summarises the recommendations made in the report.
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25/11/2011 Payment by Results for adult mental health services will be introduced in the NHS in 2012/13. An independent readiness review was commissioned by strategic health authority mental health leads through the Mental Health Network.
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23/11/2011 The development of a Payment by Results approach to provider reimbursement in mental health services has been going on for a number of years.
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21/11/2011 This Briefing looks at social media innovations underway in healthcare as a whole and highlights case studies from Mental Health Network member organisations.
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16/11/2011 This briefing outlines the benefits that the Birmingham RAID liaison psychiatry service has brought in terms of cost savings and improved health and well-being for patients.
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6/10/2011 The Government has declared its intention to begin a national roll-out of personal health budgets from October 2012.
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14/9/2011 In 2009, the Mental Health Network (MHN) published a factsheet on key statistics and trends in mental health. Two years on we have updated the factsheet, reflecting new figures, statistics and resources.
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11/8/2011 Completing our series of studies into what key groups in the NHS think of personal health budgets, this report examines the views of mental health service users and carers.
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6/7/2011 The five ways to wellbeing is a set of evidence-based public mental health messages aimed at improving the mental health and wellbeing of the whole population.
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31/5/2011 This Briefing provides a guide to suport local mental health communities gain a better understanding of their use of out of area services.
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19/5/2011 In the current challenging financial climate, mental health organisations are looking at how they can do things differently to maximise resources and reduce costs while still improving people’s care and their experience of services.
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11/4/2011 This Briefing summarises the main points of 'Talking therapies: a four-year plan of action' and outlines the key questions that boards should be asking.
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24/3/2011 This report examines attitudes and motivations to personal health budgets amongst frontline professionals working with mental health service users.
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9/3/2011 Government programmes, policies and national projects in the last three years have given increasing emphasis to public mental health and well-being.
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15/2/2011 This Briefing summarises the new mental health strategy’s six objectives and describes how progress will be measured. It also outlines further work to support implementation, which will be taken forward over the next year and beyond.
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3/2/2011 This briefing provides a guide to support local mental health communities to gain a better understanding of their local acute care pathway for adult mental health.
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14/1/2011 Briefing to raise awareness among mental health providers and commissioners of the benefits of financial amangement skills.
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2/11/2010 This Briefing is produced in partnership with Combat Stress, the UK's leading military charity specialising in the care of veterans' mental health.
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14/6/2010 The Mental Health Network (MHN) 2009/10 annual review outlines the network’s significant achievements on behalf of its members over the past year with a look ahead to its priorities and work programmes for 2010/11.
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10/6/2010 This Briefing summarises the key points of Fulfilling and rewarding lives and the first year delivery plan that accompanies it, focusing particularly on what it means for the NHS.
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3/3/2010 The link between employment and positive mental health is an issue of great importance for the NHS, both in terms of supporting service users to recover from mental health conditions and for improving staff productivity.
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25/1/2010 The provision of same-sex accommodation across the NHS is a visible affirmation of the health service’s commitment to respecting the dignity and privacy of those who use its services.
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23/12/2009 This Briefing summarises the key points of New Horizons, and focuses on what the strategy means for the NHS.
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23/12/2009 This Briefing outlines the main points of the Government’s national delivery plan for improving the health outcomes of this group.
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3/12/2009 Personalisation is a key aspect of future health policy, but how close is it to becoming a reality? This report presents the opinions of local health and social care leaders on the future of personal health budgets.
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17/11/2009 This fact sheet details seven questions every board member should ask about patient safety in organisations providing mental health services.
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16/11/2009 This Briefing explores how ambulance services and mental health services can work together to provide the best care for patients with mental health problems.
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12/11/2009 National priorities and NHS solutions
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8/10/2009 Fact sheet: Seven questions every board member should ask about patient safety in organisations providing mental health services.
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24/9/2009 Dual diagnosis is the term used to describe people who have concurrent mental health and substance misuse or alcohol problems. It affects a third of mental health service users, half of substance misuse service users and 70 per cent of prisoners.
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14/8/2009 The Mental Health Network has produced a factsheet on key statistics and trends in mental health.
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9/7/2009 This report sets out a new vision for the future of mental health and well-being in England. Based on four principles, it outlines the priorites that the Future Vision Coalition believes should underpin mental health policy for the next decade.
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15/6/2009 The Mental Health Network (MHN) annual report 2008/09 outlines how the network has been supporting its members over the past 12 months with an overview of its work and key achievements in 2008/09.
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7/5/2009 How liaison psychiatry services can transform quality and productivity in acute settings.
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22/4/2009 The Mental Health Network is at the forefront of shaping the debate about what ‘quality accounts’ might look like in mental health.
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18/3/2009 The New Ways of Working (NWW) programme has helped develop mental health services in recent years. This Briefing celebrates the achievements of NWW, outlines its impact and sets the scene for the next phase of workforce development.
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25/2/2009 The deprivation of liberty safeguards address the October 2004 European Convention on Human Rights ‘Bournewood’ judgement...
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16/1/2009 The 2008 NHS Next Stage Review endorsed the proposal to include NHS funding within personal budgets. This report explores the potential of personalisation and is designed to stimulate further debate.
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1/10/2008 The Mental Health Act 2007 updated the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
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18/6/2008 A discussion paper intended to provoke a wide-ranging debate about the best direction for mental health policy.
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13/6/2008 This Briefing outlines the current Department of Health policy on violence and abuse pertaining to adult mental health services; the pilot implementation of this policy under the aegis of the Mental Health Trusts Collaboration Project.
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13/6/2008 The NHS Confederation's Mental Health Network and Primary Care Trust Network held a one-off workshop on world-class mental health commissioning on 27 February. This discussion paper summarises the discussions and thinking created at the workshop.
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26/3/2008 Briefing outlining the key points of the Department of Health's Delivering Race Equality in Mental Health programme and the next steps for commissioners.
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22/1/2008 The way forward for learning disability health services. Briefing on specialist learning disability health services exploring the new Department of Health guidance, the updated Mansell report and the implications for commissioners.
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19/10/2007 This report raises awareness about the challenges facing child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS).
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17/5/2007 Serious mental illness has been called the last taboo, with people using services commonly described in ways that would be considered offensive if applied to other minority or discriminated groups.
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