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New research by Mind exposes extent of crisis in mental healthcare
10 October 2023 | News
... full extent of the crisis of standards and safety in mental healthcare settings. This World Mental Health Day , Mind is calling on the Government to raise the standards of mental health hospitals. A petition to join in this call can be ...
Health and care services urged to improve engagement with Disabled people
26 July 2022 | News
... ‘Towards a new partnership between disabled people and health and care services: getting our voices heard’ . ... face poorer experiences of – and worse access to – health and care services than people who aren’t disabled and these health inequalities have been exacerbated by the Covid-19 ...
Government to extend personal health budgets to 200,000 by 2024
24 February 2019 | News
... and people who access aftercare services under the Mental Health Act will soon have a right to a personal health budget, the government has announced. Read press ... Over 40,000 people currently benefit from personal health budgets, and the government plans to increase this to ...
Face-to-face assessments to resume for health and disability benefits
30 March 2021 | News
... DWP has announced that, “in line with the latest public health guidance and adhering to strict safety protocols”, ... it is to begin reintroducing face-to-face assessments for health and disability benefits. Face-to-face assessments ... approach remains aligned with the latest public health guidance.” Ken Butler, DR UK’s Welfare Rights and ...
The state of care in mental health services 2014 to 2017
19 July 2017 | News
... programme of comprehensive inspections of specialist mental health services. View report The report combines evidence ... findings from its role in monitoring the use of the Mental Health Act, as well as analysis of data from other sources. ... to tell the regulator about their experiences of the health and social care services they use. The state of care ...
NAO says health and disability assessments costing more and still backlogs
07 January 2016 | News
The latest National Audit Office report on Contracted-out health and disability assessments raises questions on the ... about future tendering. View report - Contracted-out health and disability assessments The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) uses health and disability assessments to help decide if people ...
£450k announced to help patients have their say on health services
12 September 2018 | News
... practical and innovative ways to help patients improve health services has been announced. Read more The Building Health Partnerships programme has been awarded the money ... cohorts, and the first five STP/ICS areas will be: Frimley Health and Care Healthier Lancashire and South Cumbria North ...
1.5 million children will need mental health support due to pandemic
15 December 2020 | News
... “Looking at long-term consequences, the Centre for Mental Health estimates that 1.5 million children will need mental health support for conditions such as depression, anxiety ... NHS’s digital report anticipates a 50% increase in mental health problems for children and young people as a result of ...
Personal Health Budgets scheme attracts just one in twenty target patients
21 April 2016 | News
... (CCGs) in England, just 2,986 out of 53,611 Continuing Healthcare patients had opted to receive PHBs. For more see ... lives and decide how our support needs are met. Personal health budgets have to be seen in that context. It is a pity ... at a time of cutbacks but it would be wrong to say personal health budgets are only being introduced to achieve cuts. ...
Ten year PIP reviews for people with most severe health conditions
17 June 2018 | News
... disabled people, even if the nature of their disability or health condition has become more severe, are caused worry ... and substandard reports and recommendations produced by health care providers. "What is the point of reviewing ... Ten year PIP reviews for people with most severe health conditions ...