Mental health patients sent 300 miles from home due to lack of beds
Full story in The Guardian, 17 September 2018 Patients with serious mental health problems are being sent more than 300 … Read more
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NHS mental health crisis worsens as 2,000 staff quit per month
Full story in The Guardian, 15 September 2018 Thousands of nurses, therapists and psychiatrists are quitting NHS mental health services, … Read more
Children forced to travel hundreds of miles for NHS mental health treatment
Full story in The Guardian, 29 August 2018 Children and young people with serious mental health problems are receiving treatment … Read more
Demand for private counselling soars due to long NHS waiting lists
Full story in the Metro, 11 July 2018. Since 2016, the number of people booking private counselling sessions has increased … Read more
A fair share for mental health has to be the NHS’s priority
Full story in The Guardian, 5 July 2018 The added disability from which our health system suffers is the isolation … Read more
Mental health services for the young is NHS’s ‘silent catastrophe’
Failings in treatment of children and young people with mental health problems is a “silent catastrophe” within the NHS and … Read more
St Helens CCG spends £4.1m on out of area mental health placements in 2018
Full Story at St Helens Star, 12 April 2018 ST HELENS Clinical Commissioning Group spent more than £4 million on … Read more
“Unacceptable” waiting times for children with mental health issues in Newcastle and Gateshead
Full story at ChronicleLive 23 April 2018 Waiting times for children’s mental health services are ‘unacceptable’ councillors have said, as … Read more
Trust withdraws from controversial consortium.
Full Story at HSJ 6 April 2018 A West Midlands trust has withdrawn from a controversial mental health consortium to … Read more
Damning report finds ‘serious failings’ in NHS mental health services
Full story in The Guardian, 21 March 2018 Vulnerable mental health patients are suffering serious harm, and in some cases … Read more