Tag Archives | mental health

Young black man receiving a mental health assessment

Adults, Children

UPDATED: Scrap most community treatment orders, MPs and peers urge government

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Houses of Parliament

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

The draft Mental Health Bill: parliamentary proposals for change

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Mental Capacity Act

Adults, Social work leaders

Some Court of Protection report orders ‘overly burdensome’, warn mental health leaders

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Older people unlawfully detained in mental health hospitals because of poor DoLS practice, warns CQC

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Supreme Court

Adults, Social work leaders

Supreme Court to hear case on ordinary residence for section 117

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Toxic work culture written on postit note

Adults

Panorama abuse: NHS chief urges mental health leaders to tackle ‘toxic and closed cultures’

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Dictionary, definition of the word abuse.

Adults, Social work leaders

Police open investigation into abuse at mental health hospital revealed by BBC

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Jigsaw puzzle showing supply demand gap

Social work leaders, Workforce

Social work numbers up in Scotland but concerns over widening mental health officer shortages

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Young black man receiving a mental health assessment

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Guide to the draft Mental Health Bill

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Adults, Social work leaders

NHS heavily reliant on inappropriate out-of-area mental healthcare despite target to end it, finds report

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Young black man receiving a mental health assessment

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Proposed Mental Health Act overhaul included in Queen’s Speech

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Couple struggling with debt

Adults

Debt support scheme for people in mental health crisis reaching just 3% of forecast number

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John Leavy, mental health social worker of the year, 2021

Workforce

‘Being non-judgmental encourages people to engage and change’- mental health social worker of the year

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Adults, Workforce

What the Care Act 2014 will mean for continuity of care

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Mental Health, Workforce

‘Seeing the difference creative projects make to mental health patients and staff is exciting’

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