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London council introduces peer-supported housing for mental health patients (29 December 2015)

Haringey Council in north London is working with national housing and support provider Sanctuary Supported Living (SSL) to create an innovative pathway of services in housing-related support to help people with medium to high mental health support needs make the successful transition to independent living. Read more...

New Staffordshire addiction centre to offer mental health support to users (23 December 2015)

A new centre in Cannock, Staffordshire will offer support and mental health services to those with substance abuse issue, in an attempt to help them turn their lives around. Read more...

Minister tells conference that school and peer support will help tackle mental health issues among young people (7 December 2015)

The Minister for Childcare and Education, Sam Gyimah MP, has told a conference in London that the UK has reached a turning point in how children’s mental health issues are tackled. Read more...

New funding to be ring-fenced for digital tools targeting young people’s mental health and wellbeing (28 October 2015)

The Minister of State for Community and Social Care at the Department of Health, Alistair Burt MP, has said that the mental health of children and young people is one of his priorities – and the government’s plans for children’s mental health were “nothing short of the biggest transformation to young people’s mental health and one of the largest investments the sector has seen”. Read more...

NHS Coastal West Sussex CCG launches mental health support service for 11- to 18-year-olds (20 October 2015)

NHS Coastal West Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has launched a new service providing emotional and wellbeing support for young people across West Sussex. Read more...

Mencap supports “hate crime” drop-in day in North Yorkshire (12 October 2015)

Learning disability charity Mencap is joining forces with the Safer Hambleton Community Safety Local Delivery Team and North Yorkshire Police to host a drop-in surgery to help victims of hate crime in North Yorkshire on Thursday, 15 October Read more...

New NHS standards on reducing surgical Never Events published (14 September 2015)

The NHS has published a new set of guidelines on post-surgical safety procedures to improve patient care. Read more...

Manchester’s mental health budget may fall by £1.5m next year (1 September 2015)

A Freedom of Information (FoI) request made by the Labour Party has revealed that £1.5 million could be cut from Manchester’s mental health budget next year. Read more...

New guidance on mental health disclosure published today (17 August 2015)

The Home Office has issued new guidance on disclosure of mental health conditions to employers. Read more...

New fathers “concerned about their own postnatal mental health” (25 June 2015)

New research by parenting charity NCT has revealed that two-fifths of new fathers have concerns about their own mental health following the birth of a child. Read more...

Mental Health Awareness Week runs from 11 to 17 May and this year’s theme is mindfulness. (11 May 2015)

Mental Health Awareness Week is organised by the Mental Health Foundation – and focuses on a different aspect of mental health awareness each year. Read more...

Mind says mental health patients travelling 79 miles for a bed is “not acceptable” (5 May 2015)

Mental health charity Mind has said that mental patients having to travel up to 79 miles for NHS treatment is not acceptable. Read more...

Mental health provider hails success of independent living units (7 April 2015)

Mental health care provider Regard has opened the first of a series of planned units to help those with mental health conditions live independently in the community. Read more...

Mental health budgets “cut by nearly £600m” this parliament (23 March 2015)

Research by the BBC and online journal Community Care suggests that mental health budgets have fallen by 8.25% during this parliament. Read more...

London borough launches Talk for Health NHS mental health project (6 March 2015)

The NHS in Islington is funding a Talk for Health project – a peer counselling programme which involves the setting up of groups to promote mental wellbeing. Read more...

Mental health patients get housing priority under affordable home funding (19 February 2015)

Bidding has started this week on the second phase of a £120 million housing fund made available for affordable housing projects outside London under the Department of Health’s Care and Support Specialised Housing Fund (CASSH). Read more...

Low birth weight linked to higher risk of mental health conditions (13 February 2015)

Researchers at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University in Canada have found that babies with an abnormally low birth weight may have a higher risk for mental health conditions in childhood and adulthood – including ADHD, depression and suicide risk. Read more...

MPs call for change in law to ban police cells as “places of safety” for mental health patients (9 February 2015)

A Home Office report is calling for a change in the law to ban mental health patients being held in police custody suites under the Mental Health Act. Read more...

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