Improving In-patient mental health services for black and minority ethnic patients
Posted: 22nd February 2010
This report forms an important addition to ongoing and important discussions about improving care and treatment for people from Black and minority ethnic communities, and indeed all communities.
The Commissioning Friend for Mental Health Services
Posted: 25th January 2010
The World Class Commissioning Mental Health Programme is pleased to announce that "The Commissioning Friend for Mental Health Services - A guide for health and social care commissioners" is available in hard back and on CD. If you would like some copies please contact Katy Davies or download the...
Working for Wellness publish translated mental health information for downloading
Posted: 12th January 2010
Working for Wellness have published a number of translated materials on their website that have been submitted by London services. The section houses translated materials for use by services and service users and includes materials such us PHQ 9s, GAD 7s and self help leaflets. These are freely available...
Let's Respect Evaluation- We want to hear from you!
Posted: 15th December 2009
In order to support the sustainability of Let's Respect and its future roll out to Care Homes and Primary Care we need now to evaluate the Let's Respect resource. Your responses will be crucial to its future development.http://surveytool.its-services.org.uk/index.php?sid=29597&newtest=Y〈=en Please contribute to this by completing the online evaluation (link above)...
Equalities in Mental Health Conference 2010
Posted: 14th December 2009
Can Gerry Robinson Fix Dementia Care Homes? BBC2 9pm December 8th
Posted: 5th December 2009
Businessman Sir Gerry Robinson returns in a new series in which he tries to turn around three struggling care homes. In the next twenty years over a million Britons will have dementia, and sufferers are likely to end up in one of the country's privately run care homes. Businessman...
New Horizons Launched!
Posted: 5th December 2009
Programme launched to improve mental health care and well-being A cross government programme of action has been launched to improve the mental well-being of people in England and drive up the quality of mental health care. "New Horizons: A shared vision for mental health" is a comprehensive initiative that...
Delivering Race Equality in Mental Health Care: a review
Posted: 4th December 2009
Delivering Race Equality (DRE) in mental health care programme, a five-year Department of Health programme launched in January 2005, was developed to address inequalities in patient admission, detention and experience of services. This summary review looks back at DRE's work as its five year plan comes to an end. DRE...
Issue 9 of Forum Focus, the Mental Health Providers Forum newsletter is now available
Posted: 18th November 2009
Yetunde Onifade , former Deputy Chief Executive of mental health organisation Tulip (and soon to be MHPF Recovery Development Manager) discusses her consultancy work with the Mental Health Providers Forum on the Care Pathways project and Recovery Star work.The Delivering Race Equality in Mental Health (DRE) programme funded 'Recovery...
The Recovery Star Model and Culturally competency: BAME Pilot Report, Mental Health Providers Forum
Posted: 18th November 2009
The Recovery Star is a key-working and outcomes measurement tool designed to map an individual's journey towards recovery. It uses a ‘ladder of change' as a framework for service user's, supported by their key-worker, to explore key themes in working towards recovery; Managing mental health, Self-care, Living skills, Social...