In this blogpost Dr Geraldine Strathdee, NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Mental Health, explains why the Mental Health Dementia and Neurology Intelligence Networks represent a revolution for mental health services. Read more »
The #TimetoTalk advertising campaign, led by Time to Change, is all about the little things we can do to help friends, family and colleagues who are dealing with a mental health problem. Read more »
In this video Eleanor Longden tells the moving tale of her years-long journey back to mental health, and makes the case that it was through learning to listen to her voices that she was able to survive. Read more »
In this video writer Andrew Solomon shares his journey of discovery about the nature of depression following his own personal struggles with depression. Read more »
In this video Vikram Patel discusses an initiative to train members of communities to give mental health interventions, empowering ordinary people to care for others. Read more »
NHS Change Day is a frontline led movement to inspire and mobilise people everywhere, staff, patients and the public to do something better together to improve care for people. Read more »
Victoria Betton and James Woollard pledge to have a conversation about how technology can help us live well as part of the NHS Change Day. Read more »
The Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS) promotes positive outcomes for the people who use Scotland’s social services by supporting the social services workforce to access and make use of knowledge and research for service innovation and improvement. Read more »
NHS England are seeking your views on it’s Research and Development Strategy which is open for consultation until Thursday 30th January. Read more »
A recent Guardian Society article asserts that NHS leaders are calling on those who are commissioning services to help close the “shocking mortality gap” that sees people with mental illness have life expectancies about 10 years shorter than the population as a whole. Read more »
This article, co-authored by leading GPs and academics, explores why the 2014/15 GP contract settlement, and in particular the decision to abandon the QOF requirement to monitor regularly weight, blood glucose and lipids, appears at odds with the government’s commitment to address the 15-20 year mortality gap for people with severe mental illness. Read more »
In her 2012 James Mackenzie Lecture to the Royal College of General Practitioners Annual General Meeting, the late Professor Helen Lester encouraged GPs to make people with serious mental illness their core business by not just screening but intervening. Read more »
Writing in a recent blog post, Dr Martin McShane Director for Long Term Conditions, NHS England, asserts that the disparity in approach between people with physical and mental health problems is inequitable and unfair. Read more »
This presentation by Dr Geraldine Strathdee, National Clinical Director of Mental Health, NHS England, describes the rationale behind the establishment of the Mental Health Intelligence Network. Read more »
NHS England has published a report that proposes a fundamental shift in provision of urgent care, with more extensive services outside hospital and patients with more serious or life threatening conditions receiving treatment in centres with the best clinical teams, expertise and equipment. Read more »
In a recent blog post, Helen Gilburt, Fellow, Health Policy at The King’s Fund, explores what needs to happen to achieve parity of esteem between physical and mental health services. Read more »
Schizophrenia Awareness Week, from November 11 – 17, is not only about taking a stand for a misunderstood illness, it’s also about having hope for the future. Read more »
Dr Ed Mitchell, Clinical Fellow to Martin McShane, NHS England’s Director for Long Term Conditions, outlines new moves to give mental health parity with physical health issues. Read more »
In this video we learn about how Mary has used her personal health budget for psychotherapy sessions which have improved her mental health and wellbeing, enabling her to establish a much better relationship with her family. Read more »
In this video JD Schramm asks us to break the silence surrounding suicide and suicide attempts, and to create much-needed resources to help people who reclaim their life after escaping death. Read more »