My previous post reported on the progress being made by local areas as they make their commitment to improve mental health crisis services in line with the principles set out last February in the mental health Crisis Care Concordat. I …
I can’t remember often in my career feeling quite the degree of responsibility that I do as co-Chair of the Taskforce set up to review children and young people’s mental health provision. We have now had the first meeting of …
Eight years ago last month, a good friend of mine with a long term mental health condition hit a crisis and asked to be admitted to a secure hospital overnight. He was refused and told his community worker would visit …
One in four people in the UK will experience a mental health issue over their lifetime. This may be a familiar statistic to many of you – but familiar or not, it should be a cause of concern to all …