Help keep people better informed about mental health with ‘A Short Guide to Psychiatric Diagnosis’. Encourage more meaningful discussions with health care professionals and improve the quality of the help and support on offer. More
The NIHR and King’s College London are calling for 40,000 people diagnosed with depression or anxiety to enrol online for the Genetic Links to Anxiety and Depression (GLAD) Study and join the NIHR Mental Health Bioresource. Read more
A report by the CQC shares their findings and recommendations after reviewing incidents related to sexual safety on mental health wards. Read here
Mental health care is a common health and care issue that the public talk to us about. Since January 2016, over 34,000 people have shared their views and experiences of using mental health services with us. Local Healthwatch have also produced 229 reports highlighting what people like and what could be better about mental health services. […]
Earlier this year, Healthwatch England announced our new multi-year project to understand different people’s experiences of mental health support. Healthwatch England want to help inform mental health policy and practice by creating a robust evidence base about people’s experiences of mental health care at different stages of life.They intend this to be used to make […]
The Local Government Association have recently published a number of reports on how you can ensure your local council are tackling issues such as loneliness and improving mental health. The Jo Cox Commission report makes recommendations for local action, and indicates that local leaders in councils, the wider public sector and business have a critical role […]
As a follow on to Ideas for Wellbeing Touch Network are carrying out a much smaller, but more in depth, piece of research specifically with people who have been in contact with an organisation (including their GP) to get support for their mental health needs. They have an online survey that they would really appreciate you sharing far and wide […]
Healthwatch Sheffield looked at the experiences of 250 people who needed mental health support. People said they wanted the right help before reaching crisis, as well as better connected services. Find out more.
“Even taking into account the significant expansion in children’s mental health services, workforce constraints mean that by 2020/21 we only plan on meeting the needs of a third of children with diagnosable mental health conditions“. This statement comes from the foreword to Lord Carter’s review of unwarranted variations in mental health services and community health […]
In a recent consultation in Surrey Heartlands, 82% of respondents said they would go to their GP if they had a mental health issue. Some 650 people on the residents’ panel responded to a range of questions on mental illness – how they chose to describe it, experiences of friends or family with mental health […]
