Pressures on mental health services being felt by GPs on frontline
A new survey from Pulse has revealed how the pressure on mental health services has led to GPs having to provide specialist … Read more
Mental Health
Hundreds of mentally ill prisoners denied urgent treatment in England
A joint investigation by the Guardian and BBC Radio 4’s File on 4 programme, has found that hundreds of severely … Read more
NHS mental health services turning away children
A survey by the charity Stem4 has found that children and young people who are anxious, depressed or are self-harming … Read more
Overwhelming inequalities affect minority ethnic people in NHS
This week saw the publication of a damning review by the NHS Race & Health Observatory which shows that urgent action is … Read more
‘Unprecedented numbers’ sent hundreds of miles for a bed
The HSJ reports that parts of the country are seeing ‘unprecedented’ numbers of ‘inappropriate’ out of area placements for mental … Read more
Mental health: data backs up concerns over services
The last three months have seen more worrying reports of the pressure mental health services are under as a system … Read more
Mental health crisis pledge broken in England
Government ministers are under fire for breaking a key pledge on mental health after statistics showed that hundreds of patients … Read more
Leap in mental health absences among NHS staff
Data collected by FirstCare has found that the number of NHS staff absent from work because of their mental health … Read more
New plan urgently needed to cope with surge in mental health problems
As the country entered lockdown three it is clear that covid has created a new wave of mental health problems, … Read more
NHS bosses accuse Boris Johnson of ‘structural discrimination’ against mental health
In an interview with the Observer, Saffron Cordery, the deputy chief executive of NHS providers, launched a scathing attack on … Read more