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Adults, Social work leaders

AMHPs voice safety concerns over police withdrawal from mental health incidents

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The Houses of Parliament in London

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

How the government plans to reform the Mental Health Act 1983

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Mental Health. Stress, tension, relationships and work environment concept. Man's hand, holding magnifying glass

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Bill to overhaul ‘outdated’ Mental Health Act introduced

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Metropolitan Police flashing blue lights image

Adults, Social work leaders

10% drop in section 136 detention numbers linked to policy limiting police response to mental ill-health

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Mental health practitioner and client

Adults, Children

‘You don’t just sign section papers’: project to evidence value of AMHP role starts work

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King Charles delivering the 2023 King's Speech in Parliament

Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Law to bolster child protection announced in Labour’s first King’s Speech

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Mental health practitioner and client

Adults, Children

Bolstering AMHP role can ‘vastly reduce’ detention numbers under existing MHA, say service heads

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Two colleagues analysing data in an office

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Mental health leads hail project to highlight impact of AMHP work

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Blocks spelling out the word 'funding'

Adults, Social work leaders

Conservative manifesto pledge to implement cap on care costs is unfunded, warns think-tank

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Pad of paper with 'staff shortages' written on it

Social work leaders, Workforce

AMHP workforce 35% short of what is needed for 24-hour service, say leads

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Care minister Helen Whately

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Revised MCA code of practice ‘still under discussion’ two years after consultation on changes

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Melanie Williams

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Reform Mental Health Act and implement LPS: new ADASS head’s message to next government

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Mental Health. Stress, tension, relationships and work environment concept. Man's hand, holding magnifying glass

Adults, Children

Mental Health Act reform: where the government stands

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Mental Health. Stress, tension, relationships and work environment concept. Man's hand, holding magnifying glass

Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Mounting demand for AMHPs and unmet need masked by fall in number of detentions, say leads

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Dictionary, definition of the word abuse.

Adults, Workforce

Mental health trust ignored staff concerns for years before Panorama exposed abuse, finds review

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Young black man receiving a mental health assessment

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Mental Health Act detention numbers fall for second year but significant racial inequalities persist

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