The ‘Harmful practice’ of sending mental health patients far from home for care must end, says RCPsych following a BBC investigation which revealed a significant…
Read more...Europe’s medicines regulator has rejected a marketing request for a new Alzheimer’s disease treatment, saying the risks of the medicine’s side effects. The medicines regulator…
Read more...A leading care home professional says the nation needs to completely rethink the way it looks at people living with dementia in care homes –…
Read more...Research conducted by Eurocare has examined unpaid care provided by people of all ages across Europe. It was carried out by University College London and…
Read more...Integrated care systems are enabling the improvement of dementia diagnosis by supporting collaborative working across the health and care system, new research from health and…
Read more...End of life charity Marie Curie has produced a comprehensive toolkit for hospices across the UK aiming to establish “Men’s Sheds” as an integral part…
Read more...A large, UK-based study published in the BMJ has suggested that antipsychotic drugs carry greater risks of serious health conditions than previously thought. These drugs…
Read more...NHS England is set to withdraw funding for secondary care staff to access mental health services provided by NHS Practitioner Health, which would health experts…
Read more...Mental health charity Mind, alongside 30 other organisations, is calling on the UK’s Covid-19 Inquiry to prioritise mental health after it rowed back on previous…
Read more...NHS staffMore than three in ten (31%) NHS employees have had to take time off work with mental health issues in the past year, according…
Read more...Scott Mitchell, husband of the late Dame Barbara Windsor and Alzheimer’s Research UK Ambassador, has been appointed People’s Champion of the Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia…
Read more...In a new report published today titled ‘A Hidden Crisis’ Age UK shines light on a scandal impacting some of our most vulnerable citizens: the effective…
Read more...The safety of mental health patients is being put at risk when they leave inpatient services, leading to a continuous revolving door of care and…
Read more...Tributes have been pouring in for the late Dr Wendy Mitchell, who was diagnosed with dementia and spent years documenting her experience, and who has…
Read more...A new BMA report, “It’s broken” Doctors’ experiences on the frontline of a failing mental healthcare system”, based on first-hand accounts of doctors working across…
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