Southampton City Council have published a survey to be completed by parents of a child aged 4-18 at a school or college in Southampton. The survey will be used to inform a Needs Assessment on mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in the city and a University of Southampton evaluation of the […]
The team have been temporarily based in the Tom Rudd Unit at Moorgreen Hospital until we located a more suitable base. Whilst we will continue to hold a small number of patient clinics there, a number of the team will be relocating to a more permanent base from 11 June. This will be back within […]
Over the past few decades, thanks to sedentary lifestyles, our collective physical health has decreased to the point where some children are worn out by the warms up for PE classes. A school, recognising this truth, created a daily mile exercise regime leading to their pupils becoming significantly fitter and leaner. Research has confirmed that […]
NHS England is increasing the funding to Mental Health services so families can access specialist perinatal care. The funding will increase the number of psychologists, psychiatrists and nurses available to new mothers and families. It is hoped that by April 2019 all women will receive specialist perinatal care in England. Read more here
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust is planning to transform its secure forensic mental health and learning disabilities services and we are writing to you to notify you about the proposed plans. Summary of our proposed plans: Woodhaven (Calmore) Woodhaven (currently a low secure hospital for adults with a learning disability) will be redesigned to become […]
The families of Connor Sparrowhawk and Teresa Colvin have won the court case against Southern Health NHS foundation trust after failings in quality of care. The court fined Southern Health £2 million. Read more here
Below is a statement from Dr Nick Broughton, Chief Executive of Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust: “Today I attended Oxford Crown Court relating to the Health and Safety Executive prosecution of Southern Health for two incidents: the death of Teresa Colvin in Hampshire, 2012, and the death of Connor Sparrowhawk in Oxfordshire in 2013. We […]
As part of its independent review of services that support children and young people’s mental health, the Care Quality Commission has published its report ‘Are we listening? Review of children and young people’s mental health services’. The report found that too many children and young people find themselves at ‘crisis point’ before accessing mental health services […]
Monitoring the Mental Health Act in 2016/17, the CQC’s annual report on the use of the Mental Health Act (MHA), looks at how providers are caring for patients, and whether patient’s rights are being protected. Read here
Severe mental illness (SMI) affects somewhere between one in one hundred and one in two hundred adults. People with severe mental illness, like schizophrenia, psychosis or bipolar disorder, often experience poorer health and, as a result, die sooner than others. Psychotic illnesses can have a profound effect on people and their families, and appropriate and […]
