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18/11/2010 The Department of Health and Office for Disability Issues published a good practice guidance aimed at people who commission easy read information for people with learning disabilities on 18 November.
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16/11/2010 NICE is developing a clinical practice guideline on identifying common mental health disorders and care pathways. It will be used in the NHS in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
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27/10/2010 The Mental Health Network (MHN) has contributed to the wider NHS Confederation response to 'Equity and excellence: liberating the NHS', published on 12 October.
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26/10/2010 “We will begin to introduce choice of treatment and provider in some mental health services from April 2011, and extend this wherever practicable.” Department of Health
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25/10/2010 A report published by the Centre for Mental Health has indicated that armed forces veterans face a range of mental health problems
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22/9/2010 Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust and Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust are seeking nominees from organisations to participate in a short web-based service evaluation.
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3/9/2010 In an article published by Community Care on 2 September 2010 Paul Burstow, Care Services Minister confirms the commencement of work to re-shape mental health strategy.
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3/9/2010 Over the coming months the government will be working to re-shape the mental health strategy. The MHN are keen to seek member views to feed into the strategy.
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25/8/2010 NICE has been commissioned by the Department of Health to produce quality standards to clarify what high quality care looks like across specific diseases and conditions
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24/8/2010 Consultation for statutory guidance for local authorities and NHS organisations to support the autism strategy
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23/8/2010 The Princess Royal Trust for Carers and the National Mental Health Development Unit have published 'The Triangle of Care - Carers Included: A Best Practice Guide in Acute Mental Health Care'.
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23/8/2010 The National Audit of Psychological Therapies for Anxiety and Depression aims to promote access, appropriateness, acceptability and positive outcomes of treatment for those suffering from depression and anxiety.
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19/8/2010 The Department of Health (DH) has asked the Mental Health Network to circulate a questionnaire on the Standard NHS Contracts.
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13/8/2010 NHS Choices have announced the launch of their new profile manager for Mental Health Trusts.
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26/7/2010 The Department of Health (DH) has published its ninth annual report detailing the level of investment in mental health services for adults between 18 and 64 years old in England for 2009/10.
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13/7/2010 The Coalition Government published its White Paper on health reform, Equity and excellence: liberating the NHS, on Monday 12th June.
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8/7/2010 The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by people with Mental Illness Annual Report for England and Wales, July 2010, has been published.
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5/7/2010 The Foresight Mental Capital and Wellbeing (MCW) Project published its findings as the report ‘Mental Capital and Wellbeing: Making the most of ourselves in the 21st century’ on 22 October 2008.
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29/6/2010 The Royal College of Psychiatrists has published 17 new recommendations for the redesign of mental health services. The recommendations are the result of a major College enquiry into the future development of UK mental health services.
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7/6/2010 The CQC, working with Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP), surveyed a sample of 21 PCTs that commission health and social care services for prisons to analyse progress since their last report and recommendations in 2007/8.
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4/6/2010 The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health has announced it will receive a final grant from the Gatsby Charitable Foundation to sustain its work for the future.
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3/6/2010 The Medical Research Council (MRC) has completed a review of opportunities for mental health research and the potential barriers against progress being made.
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21/5/2010 Yesterday (20 May 2010) the Liberal Democrat – Conservative Government published its programme for Government, including a number of items which are important for the NHS.
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18/5/2010 Researchers from Age Concern have warned that the NHS remains “a long way from credible user involvement in World Class Commissioning.”
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28/4/2010 The Information Centre has published Social Care and Mental Health Indicators from the National Indicator Set - further analysis, provisional, England 2008-09.
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28/4/2010 The network has recently held a series of high-level meetings with government representatives and other agencies around how we can, collectively, provide useful support to providers on the QIPP agenda in mental health, and developing a shared approach
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23/4/2010 Professor Louis Appleby has stepped down from his position at the Department of Health to take up the role as the first National Clinical Director for Health and Criminal Justice. Dr Hugh Griffiths will be taking over the role for an interim period.
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23/4/2010 YoungMinds has produced a list of key election issues that we want all the parties to prioritise in the run up to the general election.
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22/4/2010 Health spokespeople for the three main political parties shared a stage last week in this election's first national hustings debate on health issues
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9/4/2010 The Equality Bill completed the final stage of its passage through Parliament and will now become law which means from autumn employers will no longer be able to ask job applicants about their mental health history prior to interview.
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7/4/2010 The Department of Health has published the findings of the latest poll undertaken by TNS to ascertain the views of adults in England regarding mental illness.
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1/4/2010 The Director General for Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships, David Behan, has written to SHAs about mental health system reform coming into effect in 2010/11.
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31/3/2010 The Department of Health issued revised guidance on applying the NHS Performance Framework to Mental Health Trusts on 31 March 2010.
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25/3/2010 The Future Vision Coalition, today welcomed the publication by the Department of Health of a framework for improving mental health in communities across the country.
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24/3/2010 The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has published the latest statistics on patient safety incident reports for individual NHS organisations in England and Wales.
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19/3/2010 The CQC has published a position statement and 5 year action plan for the regulation of mental health services.
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15/3/2010 The Public Accounts Committee has published an interim report following their enquiry into dementia services.
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10/3/2010 Young Minds has published a Briefing on the Responsibilities of NHS Trust Boards under Section 131A of the Mental Health Act 1983, due to come into force on 1st April 2010.
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8/3/2010 The Department of Health published its response to its consultation on proposals to include new patient rights in the NHS Constitution.
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5/3/2010 Would you like to help shape and support the delivery of policy into practice in mental health services?
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4/3/2010 The Department of Health has developed a suite of materials to assist people who work in secure mental health services to understand the concept of relational security.
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3/3/2010 The Government has published its first strategy aimed at delivering ‘fundamental change’ in service provision for the approximately 400,000 adults with autistic spectrum conditions (ASCs).
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23/2/2010 The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), has produced the first definitive suite of Professional Occupational Standards (POS) in the delivery of psychotherapy and psychotherapeutic counselling.
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22/2/2010 The CQC have launched the Review of ‘Meeting the physical health needs of those with mental health needs and learning disabilities’ 2009/10.
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22/2/2010 Researchers at Manchester University (including National Clinical Director for Mental Health Louis Appleby) have published a study which examines cases of suicide by people in contact with mental health services in England and Wales.
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18/2/2010 The Royal college of Psychiatrists have published a report on improving in-patient mental health services for Black and minority ethnic patients
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12/2/2010 The Care Quality Commission (CQC) published its first annual report to Parliament on the state of health care and adult social care in England.
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9/2/2010 Sir Liam Donaldson Chief Medical Officer at the DoH has written to Chief Executives from Mental health and foundation trusts to advise them of the guidance in place to ensure that military veterans receive priority access to NHS secondary care.
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8/2/2010 Institute of Psychiatry, South London and Maudsley Foundation Trust and Rethink have launched a new website, funded by the Wellcome Trust, for family and friends and carers of people with psychosis
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5/2/2010 NHS organisations are being sought to join a pan-European project proposal on suicide prevention and promotion of mental health.
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3/2/2010 A major new report by the Alzheimer’s Research Trust argues that the impact of dementia on the UK’s society and economy is higher than ever.
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29/1/2010 The Ministry of Justice has published the latest Statistics on mentally disordered offenders
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27/1/2010 The Department of Health urge Directors of Adult Social Services leads to work in partnership with NHS to implement recommendations.
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25/1/2010 A new survey published on 25 January 2010 of people in the North West reveals significant differences in levels of mental wellbeing and there needs to be much greater attention and effort on improving mental wellbeing
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25/1/2010 The European Year (EY) 2010 for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion was launched on 21 January in Madrid.
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25/1/2010 This piece of research from professors at Harvard University supports the hypothesis that workplace wellness programmes can have an impact on improving health and reducing healthcare costs and staff absenteeism.
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19/1/2010 The most vulnerable people in society will be better protected by local agencies such as councils, the police and the NHS, Care Services Minister Phil Hope announced today. Read the NHS confederation’s response.
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19/1/2010 Mental health charity Rethink celebrated in light of the government’s decision on the 18 January to ban employers from asking job applicants about their medical history prior to inviting them for interview.
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18/1/2010 The NHS standard contracts for Mental Health and Learning Disability were published on the 18 January.
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13/1/2010 The Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Department of Health in England have published the Government’s response to the November 2008 recommendations of the independent review of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS).
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8/1/2010 The Department of Health has published the annual report of the Mental Capacity Advocacy Service.
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8/1/2010 The first annual London Well-being Conference: Better Mental Health is a free to attend one-day event which will be held on 2 February 2010 at the King's Fund in London.
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17/12/2009 The third edition of the Personal Finance Handbook funded by the FSA was launched last week and the Mental Health Network is delighted to offer members a free copy
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16/12/2009 The Operating Framework reinforces a number of priorities for improving provision of mental health and learning disability services, and on system levers
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16/12/2009 CQC has published a five year plan outlining how it will drive up standards on behalf of people with learning disabilities.
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8/12/2009 A cross-government strategy ‘Healthy Children, Safer Communities’, designed to ” break the link between poor health and youth crime”, was launched today by Care Services Minister Phil Hope.
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7/12/2009 London homeless charity St Mungo’s released the results of its call for evidence on homeless recently in a report called ‘Down and Out?.’
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7/12/2009 Department for Work and Pensions, 7 December 2009
An independent report has been published into the existing support provided to people with mental health conditions seeking employment and the ways in which this can be improved.
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7/12/2009 For the first time, a government has set out a mental health strategy that cuts across an entire administration. The Future Vision Coalition, of which the Mental health Network is a founding member, welcomed the publication of the strategy.
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7/12/2009 A cross-government programme of action has been launched to improve the mental well-being of people in England and drive up the quality of mental health care.
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4/12/2009 The NPSA has released an updated version of a 2003 toolkit which gives mental health organisations and ward managers practical tools for ensuring they are carrying out best practice with regard to suicide prevention.
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1/12/2009 The Department of Health has produced an updated guidance for Mental Health services and partners on planning and responding to the Swine Flu pandemic.
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20/11/2009 The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts have produced a report, arguing that transforming the NHS’s approach to innovation would save money and lives.
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20/11/2009 NICE and NHS Employers have published guidance for employers on promoting mental health through productive and healthy working conditions.
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20/11/2009 A report published by MIND argues that the experience of being an asylum seeker or refugee in the UK can compound experiences before arrival to detrimentally affect mental health.
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20/11/2009 Professor of old age psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, Sube Banerjee, was asked by the Department of Health to conduct an independent review of the use of antipsychotic medications in people with dementia.
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19/11/2009 Minister of State Phil Hope MP launched the Government's national delivery plan for health and criminal justice on Tuesday, 17th November 2009.
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18/11/2009 A full range of mental health groups representing service providers, service users and staff have signed up to the acute care declaration for mental health acute wards
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16/11/2009 The SDO Network are working with the Mental Health Network to showcase some of the latest research on how we can improve the acute mental health ward experience for service users, carers and staff as part of our interactive learning seminar series.
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13/11/2009 The Mental Health Network’s one-day conference was a great success attracting more than 120 delegates.
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28/10/2009 The Age Discrimination review team have published a report on Achieving Age Equality in Health and Social Care.
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28/10/2009 A unique event to design a powerful Board Development Programme to support the improvement of Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention in the NHS 26 November.
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27/10/2009 Professor Bruce Keogh, NHS Medical Director, Department of Health and Jim Easton, National Director for improvement and efficiency are gathering evidence to demonstrate where quality has been improved whilst making cash releasing savings.
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27/10/2009 The Royal College of Psychiatrists have produced a position paper calling for an end to ‘age discrimination’ in the provision of mental health care
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23/10/2009 The latest BMJ Head to Head debate considers the future of child and adolescent mental health services.
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22/10/2009 Statistics on In-patients formally detained in hospitals under the Mental Health Act, 1983 and patients subjects to Supervised Community Treatment: 1998-99 to 2008-09 have been published.
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22/10/2009 The Nuffield Council on Bioethics have published a report addressing the issues facing people who suffer from dementia and those who care for them.
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22/10/2009 From April, complaints will no longer be escalated from the provider to the Healthcare Commission and then to the health service ombudsman. Instead, if they are not resolved by providers they will be referred directly to the ombudsman.
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16/10/2009 The Department of Health have launched their New Horizons: Towards a shared vision for mental health consultation
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15/10/2009 The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Europe and the European Commission recently released a report detailing mental health policy and practice across the European Region.
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30/9/2009 The National Mental Health Development Unit is running a 1 day conference on Monday 23 November from 10am-4:30pm. ‘Breaking the silence’ will focus on the needs of survivors of abuse who have learning disabilities.
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22/9/2009 Northern Ireland Health Minister, Michael McGimpsey has welcomed the publication of The report, 'A Flourishing Society - Aspiration for Emotional Health and Wellbeing in NI', carried out by the Northern Ireland Association for Mental Health (NIAMH).
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21/9/2009 The Department of Health has launched a public consultation on the proposed framework for Quality Accounts.
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20/9/2009 The Department of Health has launched a consultation on whether there is a need to make temporary changes to the Mental Health Act 1983 should exceptional circumstances arise during pandemic flu.
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17/9/2009 According to the latest Time to Change research, negative attitudes to employing people with mental health problems across all sectors could hamper plans to get them into work
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17/9/2009 Mental health services need to transform their workforce to implement recovery, says Sainsbury Centre paper
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17/9/2009 Health Minister Michael McGimpsey has announced the future pathway for new mental capacity and mental health legislation for Northern Ireland
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16/9/2009 The National Mental Health Delivery Unit and Commissioning Support for London, have produced a short guide to World Class Commissioning for professionals, clinicians and other practitioners working in mental health.
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15/9/2009 The findings of a study published in The Lancet have prompted calls for the NHS to provide online cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for those suffering from depression
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2/9/2009 The Sainsbury Centre have published a policy paper examining how to improve employment prospects for offenders with mental health problems, based on a review of published literature.
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27/8/2009 The Department of Health has been reviewing the standard contract for mental health and learning disability services.
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26/8/2009 The Department of Health has published the eighth annual investment survey of mental health services for working age adults in England.
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25/8/2009 The Equality and Human Rights Commission has welcomed a Court of Appeal ruling which found that people with mental illnesses are protected from discrimination by the European Convention on Human Rights.
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24/8/2009 The FSA have produced a paper on the potential relationships between people’s ability to manage and take control of their finances and their psychological wellbeing.
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24/8/2009 The Department of Health have produced a report to estimate the likely change in the future numbers of adults with profound multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) in England between 2009 and 2026.
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24/8/2009 The Department for Work and Pensions has announced a range of measures to provide people with mental health problems with extra support to manage their condition and remain in the workplace
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21/8/2009 Staying In Control, one of the Department's strategic partners, has recently published a draft discussion document called Citizenship in Health: Self Direction Theory into Practice.
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21/8/2009 The Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health have published a paper on the results of a study which asked women in two closed prisons in the UK what they thought about the impact of being in prison on their health.
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17/8/2009 The Mental Health Network has produced a factsheet on key statistics and trends in mental health
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16/8/2009 The CQC are currently running a consultation to help inform its strategy for work on mental health over the next three to five years. The consultation deadline has been extended to Monday 7th September.
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10/8/2009 Time to Change have launched some new online adverts today. These films add an extra, hard-hitting element to Time to Change's summer campaign.
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7/8/2009 The PCT Network and National Mental Health Development Unit (NMHDU) is currently looking for individuals to support work on a number of mental health policy development projects on a secondment or fixed-term contract basis.
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7/8/2009 NHS Choices has long provided web-based feedback. Now mental health trusts will get a similar service as Patient Opinion rolls out its Department of Health funded service.
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5/8/2009 The thirteenth biennial report from the Mental Health Act Commission (MHAC) was published on the 19th July. This will be the last report from the organisation that is now part of the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
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1/8/2009 The Department of Health and the Department for Children, Schools and Families have jointly produced a best practice guide on Improving access to child and adolescent mental health services.
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22/7/2009 The Future Vision Coalition unveiled a report outlining its vision for mental health policy last week.
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21/7/2009 The Sainsbury Centre for Mental health has issued a briefing called The Bradley report and the governments response. The implications for mental health services for offenders.
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21/7/2009 The SMF have published this report which examines the direction of welfare reform for the next decade
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21/7/2009 The CQC is currently consulting on a draft guidance for compliance with registration requirements.. .We would be particularly interested to hear your views on how the specific guidance about mental health and learning disability services would affect you.
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20/7/2009 This report commissioned for the Department of Health by the University of Leeds looks at mental health funding in other countries.
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8/7/2009 Research from Oxford University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine published in the Lancet shows that a recession adds to the death toll from suicide, murder and heart, attack.
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8/7/2009 The Department of Health have produced a provisional review of CQUIN schemes.
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CQC has published a five year plan outlining how it will drive up standards on behalf of people with learning disabilities.
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