Mind have a dedicated section for employees to where they can learn how to be mentally healthy at work. This covers subjects such as managing stress and anxiety at work, building resilience, managing a difficult work-life balance and much more. To access the guide, visit: https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/tips-for-everyday-living/how-to-be-mentally-healthy-at-work/work-and-stress/ Anxiety UK has a resource library dedicated to offering support […]
Your views about services to support anxiety and depression in 2021 Survey (surveymonkey.co.uk)
The Care Quality Commission has published its report following its survey of people’s experiences of of mental health services for 2020. People consistently reporting poor experiences for crisis care, accessing care, and involvement. The survey report provides a breakdown of how each Trust is doing. Here is the report for Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, which offers […]
DESPITE one in four recognised pregnancies resulting in miscarriage, with the obvious implication that the actual number is much higher, recent media coverage of Meghan Markle’s miscarriage strongly argues that we struggle to talk about this very common issue. Perhaps it is because during the first three months of pregnancy, during which over 80 per […]
The way the UK reports unemployment may not reflect the “true scale of joblessness”, says a think tank. Unemployment rose by 34,000 in April to reach 1.3 million, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Read more on the BBC website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53416207
A victim of Rochdale grooming gangs has told the BBC that convictions she received as a teenager – for offences linked to the abuse she was suffering – have destroyed her hopes of a career. A senior police officer has joined calls for a review on criminal records of child exploitation victims. Read more on […]
Home schooling is causing stress in millions of homes across the UK. BBC newsreader Kate Silverton, who is also a trainee child psychotherapist and a mother-of-two, has like most parents found lockdown a very challenging time. After speaking to other parents about their own stresses and fears, she warns about the damage the pandemic could […]
There has been a significant rise during lockdown in the UK in the number of LGBT people seeking suicide-prevention support. Support group LGBT Hero reports 11,000 people have accessed its suicide-prevention web pages – up over 44% on the first three months of the year. Read more on the BBC website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-53223765
Seaneen Molloy’s panic attacks stopped when the coronavirus pandemic started. But as restrictions begin to ease, the writer and charity worker from Northern Ireland describes how her anxiety has returned. Read more on the BBC website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-53092833
