Yeovil Mental Health Support Service Becomes a CQC Provider
A mental health support service based in Somerset has become a Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered provider, meaning it can now offer a wider scope…
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Mental Health
Decrease in Detentions Under Mental Health Act from 2020-21 to 2021-22
The number of detentions under the Mental Health Act in England decreased by 5.7 per cent from 2020-21 to 2021-22, a new report by NHS…
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Mental Health Crisis Spiralling Out of Control as Demand Outweighs Capacity, Warns BMA
Mental health patients across the country are being failed by the Government as the BMA warns that the latest NHS mental health statistics1 for England…
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Majority of Managers Feel Ill-Equipped to Talk About Money Worries
The majority of managers within UK businesses do not feel well equipped or comfortable in helping their staff through the cost-of-living crisis, according to new…
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Care Home Reaffirms Commitment to Staff Wellbeing on World Mental Health Day
Surrey based maritime charity The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society, which cares for those living with Dementia in its Nursing Care Home in Banstead, is continuing…
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Older People’s Mental Health in a Fragile Place – But the Worst May Be Still to Come
On World Mental Health Day 2022 Age UK is highlighting that older people are continuing to live with anxiety and depression in silence and are…
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£2bn Cost of Mental Ill Health in the North of England
Mental health in England was hit badly over the course of the pandemic. But people in the North performed significantly worse in their mental health…
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NHS Releases Mental Health Medicines Statistics for 2020-21 in England
NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has released annual statistics as well as the latest quarterly summary statistics, covering January – March 2022. Five groups of…
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Better Mental Health Support for People in Crisis
The Government has published a draft Mental Health Bill for pre-legislative scrutiny, to modernise the Mental Health Act for the 21st century. This draft bill…
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Older People are Less Likely to Receive Mental Health Support
Age UK has drawn attention to the fact that older people are just as likely to be living with depression and anxiety as younger age…
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Unilever Away from Home Offers Free New Mental Health Course as Part of its UFS Chef Academy
To coincide with Mental Health Week 2022 (9th – 15th May 2022), Unilever Away From Home is adding a ‘Mental Health in the Kitchen’ course…
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The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) and the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) have released new guidance to tackle common and repeated…
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Major New Mental Health Study Inspired by Lived Experience
Professor Katie Haighton and Dr Sonia Dalkin from Northumbria University. Experts at Northumbria University are supporting a £1 million research study, funded by the National…
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Blue Monday Winter Wellness Hacks from Brunelcare
Blue Monday is the name given to the most depressing day of the year based on a formula created by Psychologist Dr Cliff Arnall. The…
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Essential Cuisine Makes Hospitality Action Donation to Mark Mental Health Awareness Week Activity
Essential Cuisine Head of Marketing Ben Forbes has handed over a cheque for £1,400 to Hospitality Action Chief Executive, Mark Lewis. The amount is…
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