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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...

Tower Hamlets chosen as pilot area for young people’s mental health programme (29 December 2015)

Tower Hamlets in east London has been chosen by the Department for Education as one of 22 pilot areas across the country to improve mental health services for children and young people. 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...

Wirral charities launch Christmas “GIFT” for the socially isolated and mental health patients (21 December 2015)

The Wirral-based health and wellbeing charity ARCH1 has joined forces with Wirral South Constituency Committee to support disadvantaged, vulnerable and isolated members of the community. Read more...

Hypnotist and London researchers pioneer arm-rubbing therapy to ease anxiety and depression (17 December 2015)

Researchers at King’s College London have collaborated with leading hypnotist Paul McKenna to devise a new technique to ease anxiety and depression. Read more...

Welsh Government announces new crisis care mental health strategy (16 December 2015)

The Welsh Government has signed a new agreement to improve the system of care and support for people in a mental health crisis. Read more...

Southern Health responds to leaked report and deaths of mental health patients (10 December 2015)

A leaked report by NHS England South has suggested that health trust Southern England may not have fully investigated patient deaths – including deaths among mental health patients, the elderly and patients with learning disabilities. Read more...

£3m mental health pilot tests “joined up” working between schools and CCGs (7 December 2015)

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan and NHS England have launched a multi-million pound joint mental health pilot scheme for hundreds of schools. 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...

Worcestershire draws up mental health protocol for children and young people in crisis (4 December 2015)

Worcestershire County Council^s Children^s Social Care has been working with Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust and Worcestershire Health and Care Trust to develop a joint Children^s Urgent Mental Health Care Protocol. Read more...

Mental health campaign aims to end “non-starter” conversations between parents and their children (1 December 2015)

A new survey for mental health campaign Time to Change has found that more than half of all parents have never spoken to their children about mental health issues. Read more...

New research links shortened “brain furrow” to risk of hallucinations in patients with schizophrenia (23 November 2015)

Scientists at the University of Cambridge and colleagues have found that a furrow at the front of the brain called the paracingulate sulcus may increase the risk of people with schizophrenia experiencing hallucinations. Read more...

Welsh government reduces waiting targets for accessing mental health services (10 November 2015)

The Welsh government has announced that the waiting time target for treating people experiencing mental ill health in Wales is being cut from 56 to 28 days to ensure faster access to treatment. Read more...

Brighton and Hove proposes restructuring of SEND and SEMH services to offer personalised care (9 November 2015)

Plans to restructure services for people in Brighton & Hove with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs will be discussed at a meeting of the council on Tuesday (10/11/15). 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...

Sandwell Council prosecutes retailer for selling toy containing dangerous chemicals (26 October 2015)

A retailer in the West Midlands has been prosecuted by Sandwell Council Trading Standards, after selling a children’s toy which contained illegally high levels of dangerous chemicals. Read more...

Suspended sentence for £28,000 benefit fraud (20 October 2015)

A man from Chesterfield who fraudulently claimed more than £28,000 in benefits has been spared jail. 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...

UK researchers identify genes linked to schizophrenia and obesity (19 October 2015)

New research by University College London (UCL) has identified Genes involved in schizophrenia and obesity. Read more...

Reading Council launches Perinatal Mental Health Project (12 October 2015)

Reading Borough Council has launched a project exploring mental health issues among women during pregnancy and after childbirth. 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...

Cheshire CCGS supporting World Mental Health Day (9 October 2015)

NHS South Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and NHS Vale Royal Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) are to support World Mental Health Day on Saturday, 10 October, to raise awareness of mental health issues and services available across central Cheshire. Read more...

Nottinghamshire County Council supports World Mental Health Day with programme of events (9 October 2015)

Nottinghamshire County Council’s Co-production team is working with partners on events across the county in support of World Mental Health Day on Saturday, 10 October. Read more...

FCO and Mental Health Foundation team up to offer support to mental health patients on holiday (8 October 2015)

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is teaming up with the Mental Health Foundation to raise awareness of how British nationals with mental health needs can prepare for overseas travel – and how the FCO can help when travellers experience difficulties. Read more...

New resource to help local agencies improve mental wellbeing in young people (5 October 2015)

Public Health England’s Mental Health Intelligence Network has launched a new resource designed to help local organisations decide how to best gauge the mental wellbeing of children and young people in their area. Read more...

New project in Norfolk supports mental health among new parents to prevent babies being taken into care (1 October 2015)

A new multi-agency project to help vulnerable families in Norfolk stay together has prevented any babies being taken into care during the project’s first six months of operation. Read more...

New support guide for those bereaved by suicide (28 September 2015)

Families and others who have been bereaved by suicide have used their experiences to lead the revision of a support guide – Help is at Hand – to help others affected by someone taking their own life. Read more...

Stress associated with benefit changes may increase suicide risk in mental health patients, says Mind (22 September 2015)

Mental health charity Mind has called for a review of the government’s “flawed” Work Capability Assessment (WCA), after a man with severe mental health issues took his own life after being found “fit to work” by a DWP doctor. Read more...

Antidepressants linked to higher risk of violent crime in some young adults (21 September 2015)

A new study by researchers at Oxford University has found that a class of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) may be linked to a higher risk of young adults who take them committing violent crimes. 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...

New study shows anti-psychotic drugs are being prescribed for learning disability patients without a mental health condition (14 September 2015)

The findings of a study by researchers at University College London (UCL) show that people with learning disabilities who have not been diagnosed with a mental health condition are being prescribed anti-psychotic drugs used to treat conditions such as schizophrenia. Read more...

Help to Buy helps more people in Wales get on the property ladder (11 September 2015)

Wales office Minister Alun Cairns – MP for Vale of Glamorgan in South Wales – has said that the government’s Help to Buy scheme is providing “crucial help” to homebuyers in Wales hoping to get on the property ladder. Read more...

Public and professional feedback will inform future of children’s mental health services in Tameside (11 September 2015)

A joint project by Tameside Council, Derbyshire County Council and local NHS organisations is seeking feedback on the future of mental health and emotional wellbeing services for children and young people in the region. Read more...

Suicide cluster prevention resource published to coincide with World Suicide Prevention Day (10 September 2015)

A new resource to help local authorities and other organisations prevent suicide clusters in their area has been published to coincide with this year’s annual World Suicide Prevention Day – which is held every year on 10 September. Read more...

DoH announces Department for Education’s first ever young people’s mental health champion (7 September 2015)

The Department of Health (DoH) has announced that Natasha Devon MBE has been appointed the Department for Education’s first ever mental health champion, to raise awareness and reduce the stigma around young people’s mental health. Read more...

Bury CCG disputes Labour claims that mental health spending will be cut this year (4 September 2015)

Bury Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) in Greater Manchester has responded to claims by the Labour party that funding for mental health in the area is being cut, by saying that they are spending more on mental health than ever. Read more...

Symptoms of mania in depressed patients may indicate higher risk of suicide (1 September 2015)

A new study presented to a conference in Amsterdam on Sunday (30/08/15) has found that those with depression who also display risky behaviour, agitation and impulsivity are 50% more likely to commit suicide. 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...

Crisis Care Concordat reduced use of police cells for mental health patients by 55% (1 September 2015)

The Department of Health (DoH) has said that the Crisis Care Concordat – a programme to improve standards in mental health crisis care across the country – reduces use of police cells as a “place of safety” by more than 50% for people experiencing a mental health crisis. Read more...

Sharp increase in number of under-18s in Norfolk and Suffolk referred to mental health services since 2011 (28 August 2015)

Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show a huge rise in the number of young adults in Norfolk and Suffolk being referred to mental health services between 2011-2012 and 2014-2015. Read more...

DoH rejects Labour figures suggesting CCGs have cut mental health funding this year (25 August 2015)

The Department of Health (DoH) has rejected allegations by Labour that mental health budgets in England have fallen in the year 2015-2016 – and the government has failed to keep its promise to boost mental health spending. 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...

Failings in mental health services in Cumbria “putting children and young adults at risk” (10 August 2015)

The National Autistic Society (NAS) has said that serious systemic failings in mental health services for children and young people in Cumbria are putting patients at a higher risk of self-harm and suicide. Read more...

£143m boost for children’s mental health services (3 August 2015)

The government has announced that a further £143 million is to be spent on improving children^s mental health services in England this year. Read more...

Poor relationships at work may affect mental health of students with jobs (27 July 2015)

A new US study has found that college students who work are more likely to have mental health conditions if they have “toxic” relationships with co-workers or their boss. Read more...

Police in Devon & Cornwall dealing with 10% increase in mental health callouts over five years (21 July 2015)

Figures obtained by the BBC under a Freedom of Information request show that Devon and Cornwall Police have seen a 10% rise in mental health callouts from 4,891 in 2010 to 5,364 in 2014. Read more...

Delayed discharges “behind mental health beds shortgages” (20 July 2015)

An interim report by the Commission on Acute Adult Psychiatric Care has identified factors which could account for a shortage of beds in mental health services, Nursing Times reports Read more...

Worcestershire trust responds to CQC report criticising mental health services (13 July 2015)

Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust has put in place a number of measures, after a report published in June by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) flagged up concerns and ranked the trust “requires improvement”. Read more...

Trust says government mental health budget cuts “too savage” (6 July 2015)

A new report has outlined the impact of budget cuts on mental health services run by the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT), which was placed into special measures in February this year. 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...

Wales to invest £5 million a year for psychiatric liaison services (22 June 2015)

Spot checks on 22 mental health wards across Wales ordered by the Welsh Assembly Health Minister last year have found no evidence of systemic poor care – but room for improvement in patient care was found, BBC News reports. Read more...

Whistleblower at mental health trust fears staff cannot keep patients safe” because of cuts (8 June 2015)

Concerned staff at Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) have told BBC News that staff at the trust are “firefighting” to keep mental health patients safe. Read more...

Trainee Royal Marine dies in training exercise on Dartmoor (1 June 2015)

A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed that a trainee Royal Marine has collapsed and died on a training exercise on Dartmoor. Read more...

North Wales mental health unit “failed patients” (1 June 2015)

Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) has said that scrutiny at a mental health unit in North Wales had “failed to detect and respond to the concerns at an early enough point”. Read more...

High Court grants injunction to prevent immediate closure of care home for EMI residents (1 June 2015)

The High Court has issued an injunction to halt the closure of a specialist hospital unit for patients with dementia, mental health conditions and who are infirm. Read more...

Dispute over “insufficient commissioning” of mental health services in Norfolk and Suffolk (29 May 2015)

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) has accused the Central Norfolk Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) of not commissioning enough beds or staff to meet the needs of mental health patients in Norfolk and Suffolk. Read more...

Fire service briefs tenants with mental health needs on fire prevention (26 May 2015)

Fire fighters in Milton Keynes have visited tenants with mental health conditions at a supported housing scheme to help make them more aware of fire hazards. Read more...

£15m government pledge to prevent mental health patients being held in police cells (20 May 2015)

Home Secretary Theresa May is to pledge £15 million to help keep people with mental health conditions out of police cells.< Read more...

Figures show bed days per mental health patient have fallen 10% in last two years (19 May 2015)

Healthwatch England has said that cuts to mental health budgets may mean mental health patients are being sent home after inpatient care without being sufficiently prepared. Read more...

Coroner rules two children on holiday “unlawfully killed” by CO poisoning (19 May 2015)

A lawyer representing a family who lost two children as a result of carbon monoxide (CO) from a faulty boiler has said that tour operator Thomas Cook should “hang its head in shame”. Read more...

Head of mental health charity calls on Conservatives to pledge more funding for crisis care (14 May 2015)

The chief executive of the charity Rethink Mental Illness, Mark Winstanley, has called for “firm commitments” in funding for acute care mental health services – and says that if this is not quickly forthcoming, insufficient funding of mental health services for people in crisis would continue to cost lives. 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...

Mental Health Awareness Week focuses on mindfulness this year (11 May 2015)

Mental Health Awareness Week runs from 11 to 17 May and this year’s theme is mindfulness. Read more...

Greater Manchester Police receive more training during Mental Health Awareness Week (11 May 2015)

Frontline police officers in Greater Manchester are to receive additional training to help raise awareness of mental health in police work – and how police should deal with mental health patients in crisis. Read more...

Former pilot highlights huge pressures leading to mental health conditions (8 May 2015)

A former airline who retired after suffering mental health problems has told BBC News that the pressures of fast turnarounds and increasing workloads is resulting pilots “bucking under unacceptable pressures” Read more...

Coroner concludes “failure” in care contributed to suicide of mental health patient (8 May 2015)

West London Coroner’s Court has returned a narrative verdict at an inquest into the death of a man who hanged himself at Hillingdon Hospital in Middlesex, when a nurse caring for him went for a tea break and was not replaced. 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...

Pressures on A&E are taking toll on mental health of paramedics (28 April 2015)

Pressure placed on paramedics as a result of the NHS A&E crisis are resulting in higher levels of reported mental health conditions and a rise in the number of sick days paramedics are taking off work. Read more...

Health Minister calls fragmented commissioning of children mental health services “not fit for purpose” (28 April 2015)

Health Minister Norman Lamb has been asked by Norfolk’s online publication EDP24 whether he thought he had done enough while in office to tackle issues with children’s mental health services in England and Wales. Read more...

Shortage of children’s mental health beds in Norfolk leaves teenager in police-guarded hospital bed (28 April 2015)

The interim director of children’s services at Norfolk County Council has revealed that a shortage of mental health beds for children across Norfolk and Suffolk led to one 17-year-old patient being admitted to a children’s care home for treatment. Read more...

MoD figures show 11,300 soldiers have suffered mental health issues since 2007 (27 April 2015)

Figures from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) show that around one in ten members of the Armed Forces experiences a mental health issue – with 11,300 troops suffering at least one episode since 2007. Read more...

Domestic violence survivors “twice as likely to suffer psychotic illnesses” (22 April 2015)

A new study has found that women who are domestic violence survivors are more likely to suffer from mental health conditions such as depression or psychotic illness. Read more...

Mindfulness may be alternative to antidepressants, say UK researchers (21 April 2015)

UK researchers at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry have found that meditation may be as effective as taking antidepressants to beat depression. Read more...

£120,000 funding boost for London LGBTQ mental health programme (13 April 2015)

Greenwich-based mental health charity METRO – which runs community and youth services to the LGBTQ community – has received a £120,000 funding boost from the City of London Corporation’s charity City Bridge Trust. Read more...

Binge drinking when young may increase risk of mental health conditions like anxiety (7 April 2015)

A US team at the University of Illinois College of Medicine is warning that teenagers who binge drink may be at higher risk of anxiety and mental health disorders as they age because of disruption to the DNA of brain cells caused by excessive alcohol intake when young. Read more...

US study finds 69% of those prescribed SSRIs do not fulfil criteria for a mental health diagnosis (7 April 2015)

US researchers say that more than two-thirds of people prescribed anti-depressants may not have depression. 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...

26% rise in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans seeking specialist mental health services (31 March 2015)

Specialist mental health charity Combat Stress has revealed that mental health referrals to the charity’s services for Armed Forces personnel have risen by 26% in the last year. Read more...

26% rise in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans seeking specialist mental health services (31 March 2015)

Specialist mental health charity Combat Stress has revealed that mental health referrals to the charity’s services for Armed Forces personnel have risen by 26% in the last year. Read more...

People with depression may perceive time as passing more slowly, say researchers (26 March 2015)

Researchers from Johannes Gutenberg-Universität in Mainz, Germany have found that for those with depression, time appears to move more slowly. Read more...

Staffordshire council green lights dementia “centres of excellence” (23 March 2015)

A consortium of housing developers is build two centres of excellence providing care and homes for dementia patients in Staffordshire. 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...

Government expected to announce “complete overhaul” of children’s metal health services (17 March 2015)

Care Minister Norman Lamb is expected to set out for MPs detailed plans for a “complete overhaul” of child mental health services. Read more...

Work Programme failing London’s jobless mental health patients, say LibDems (12 March 2015)

Business Secretary Vince Cable has warned that the government’s flagship Work programme to help jobseekers claiming benefits back into work is failing Londoners with mental health conditions who are jobless. 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...

Nurse calls for “wellbeing education” in schools to prevent mental health conditions going undiagnosed (24 February 2015)

An A&E nurse whose son committed suicide without his family having any inkling that he was suffering from chronic depression is supporting another family’s call for mental health education to become part of the school curriculum. Read more...

Appeal Court rules police removing 14-year-old’s clothes did not breach her human rights (23 February 2015)

The Court of Appeal has ruled that police removing the clothes of a 14-year-old girl in custody over fears for her safety did not amount to a breach of the girl’s human rights. 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...

UK’s first Children’s Mental Health Week launched (17 February 2015)

Children’s Mental Health Week (16-22 February) was launched on Monday – with children’s mental health charity Place2Be releasing a video message from the charity’s Royal Patron HRH Duchess of Cambridge, to raise awareness of children’s mental health. Read more...

Children’s mental health “a time bomb” because of cuts to services (16 February 2015)

Mental health campaigners are claiming that cuts in mental health budgets and services have created a “time bomb” for children’s mental health services. Read more...

Armed Forces Mental Health crisis – 28,000 diagnosed with a mental health condition following Iraq and Afghanistan (16 February 2015)

New figures show that 28,000 members of the Armed Forces have been diagnosed with a mental health condition since 2007. 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...

Cuts to children’s mental health services “ a false economy” (2 February 2015)

A group of leading mental health charities has published a letter warning that future budget cuts in mental services are likely to put more lives at risk in a service that is already under-funded, including children’s mental health services. Read more...

Backlash over proposal mental health patients could be treated by overseas staff using Skype (2 February 2015)

A suggestion by Norfolk and Suffolk Mental Health that mental health patients could be treated by cheaper overseas doctors using Skype technology has been condemned by mental health campaigners. Read more...

Half of workers referred to occupational physician “have mental health condition” (30 January 2015)

A new study by Manchester University has revealed that half of referrals to occupational health services involve workers with a mental health condition. Read more...

Armed Forces “more likely” to suffer mental health conditions like depression (26 January 2015)

Research by King’s College London has found that military personnel are more likely to suffer from mental health conditions such as stress and anxiety, compared with the general population. Read more...

Children of parents who attempt suicide, “five times more likely” to make an attempt themselves (26 January 2015)

US researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pennsylvania have found that children with a parent who has made an attempt to take their own life have a higher risk for suicide. Read more...

Labour mental health taskforce to place child mental health first (20 January 2015)

Labour leader Ed Miliband is to pledge an end to neglect in children’s mental health services in the UK, if Labour wins the May General Election. Read more...

UK “lagging behind” in helping mental health patients access healthcare, social services and jobs (19 January 2015)

New research by the Economist Intelligence Unit has found that access to healthcare, social services and employment in the UK for people with severe mental illness mental is falling behind other EU countries. Read more...

London trust introduces smoking ban for secure mental health units (19 January 2015)

Camden and Islington Foundation Trust has become one of the first health trusts in the UK to stop offering supervised smoking for inpatients with severe mental health conditions. Read more...

Mental health Code of Practice review due in April (16 January 2015)

The government has published a new code of practice for the Mental Health Act, which will come into force from April 2015. Read more...

Mental health “sticking plaster” due to be rolled out across Ireland (14 January 2015)

A mental health first aid training programme pioneered in Australia ten years ago is to be rolled out across Ireland. Read more...

No failings in care found after mental health patient takes own life (14 January 2015)

An inquest has been told that a mental health patient who ended her life by jumping from the top floor of a multi-storey car park had left hospital on “red alert” for self-harming.
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40% of parents “worry about their child’s wellbeing and mental health” (12 January 2015)

A survey of parents by charity Action for Children has found that 40% of parents worry most about their children’s wellbeing – with mothers worrying more about their child’s mental health than fathers. Read more...

1m mental health patients may end up in A&E, says former LibDem health minister (5 January 2015)

Former Liberal Democrat health minister Paul Burstow has said that if mental health admissions in A&E departments continue at their current level, more than one million mental health patients could end up being treated in A&E departments this winter. Read more...

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