A ‘national shortage’ of qualified mental health nurses risks pushing critical services into crisis, campaigners have warned today as The Yorkshire Post reveals the scale of cuts to the region’s NHS workforce. Figures obtained via freedom of information requests to the region’s mental health trusts, responsible for providing health and social care services, show there…
Judge’s candour over ‘disgraceful lack of provision’ for vulnerable 17-year-old again highlights CAMHS’ inadequacy – but nothing changes Sir James Munby’s 19-page judgment on X’s situation contains many views expressed with notably more candour than appeal court judges usually deploy. But one in particular will resonate with children with mental health problems and their families who have…
Thousands more mental health workers are to be recruited by the NHS in England, the health secretary has said. The plans involve increasing the number of trained nurses, therapists and other mental health professionals. Jeremy Hunt said it was time to end the “historic imbalance” between mental and physical health services. But Labour says the…
Although specialist Admiral nurses can prevent hospital admissions and save money, there are only 200 in the UK and many counties have none at all Kate and Jon Henderson have devoted the past decade to looking after their 67-year-old mother, Sally, who has dementia. At first the siblings, who, until this February shared their bungalow…
Labour MP Louise Haigh cites case of young patient who contracted infection while on mental health ward in Sheffield Theresa May has been urged to tighten checks on private hospitals used by the NHS after a Labour MP raised the case of a young patient with an open wound who contracted MRSA on a private mental health…