Millions spent on keeping adults with learning disabilities locked up, ITV News reveals. https://www.itv.com/news/2024-03-21/millions-spent-on-keeping-adults-with-learning-disabilities-locked-up Hospital seclusion: ‘I’ve been treated like…
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PSYCHIATRY AN INDUSTRY OF DEATH
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More women than men are dying by suicide in psychiatric hospitals
A high proportion of these women may have experienced traumatic events involving physical assault or some loss of power or…
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Mental Health Awareness Week 2024 will take place from 13 to 19 May
Being active is important for our mental health. But so many of us struggle to get enough exercise. We know…
Read MoreFILMING PATIENTS, INTERESTING READING ON MENTAL CAPACITY “DEMYSTIFYING MENTAL CAPACITY ” (PROFESSOR KEITH BROWN) AND ANOTHER EASTER WITHOUT ELIZABETH
Making and using visual and audio recordings of patients https://www.gmc-uk.org/professional-standards/professional-standards-for-doctors/making-and-using-visual-and-audio-recordings-of-patients/principles The above link may be of interest to those who…
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Fighting Back Against Human Rights Abuses in the Mental Health System
MindFreedom is a human rights organization with members worldwide. If you care about freedom and human dignity in the face…
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Ministers to amend Criminal Justice Bill to introduce mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse
More than 3,500 online grooming crimes against children recorded by Police Scotland https://news.stv.tv/scotland/more-than-3500-online-grooming-crimes-against-children-recorded-by-police-scotland https://www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/child-protection/392-children-protection-news/56500-ministers-to-amend-criminal-justice-bill-to-introduce-mandatory-reporting-of-child-sexual-abuse The Government is to amend the…
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UK CARE HOME ABUSE & Solicitors Behaving Badly
Former solicitor jailed for defrauding clients of almost £2m https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/former-solicitor-jailed-defrauding-clients-almost-ps2m Solicitor jailed for stealing £84,000 from elderly clients https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/solicitor-jailed-for-stealing-84000-from-elderly-clients/5118647.article Ex-solicitor…
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Suing the NHS. Can you claim for negligence?
Government to introduce legal costs cap to support victims https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-to-introduce-legal-costs-cap-to-support-victims NHS faces huge clinical negligence legal fees bill https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51180944 This…
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Hidden on the Ward: The Abuse of Children in Hospitals
Violence against children and adolescents by nursing staff: prevalence rates and implications for practice https://capmh.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13034-020-00350-6 Whistleblowers claim children ‘seriously harmed’…
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These shocking stories show mental health is still not being taken seriously in England
We’re paying £2bn a year to subsidise private mental health hospitals – that’s the cost of government negligence Tue 26…
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