Being active is important for our mental health. But so many of us struggle to get enough exercise. We know there are many different reasons for this, so this Mental Health Awareness Week we want to help people to find moments for movement in their daily routines. Going for a walk in your neighbourhood, putting […]
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 like myself am not happy at hearing from Elizabeth that her thoughts and wishes have been ignored as regards being filmed. LPFT have assessed Elizabeth as having no capacity in capacity assessments that are highly […]
The government is preoccupied and has a lot of things to do, but this issue is not going to go away’ warns health ombudsman Rebecca Thomas Health Correspondent Tuesday 29 November 2022 10:32 GMT The human rights of vulnerable mental health patients are being violated because of the crisis in care, a regulator has warned. Rob Behrens, the health service ombudsman […]
IF WE WANT TO SAVE THE NHS, WE NEED TO TAKE ON BIG PHARMA Big pharma “Big Pharma” emerged in the post-war period as companies specialising in different parts of the medicine supply chain merged into single corporations, able to take care of every step of the medical research process from research to the marketing […]
Community treatment orders (CTOs) Made under the Mental Health Act This section gives information about community treatment orders (CTO). It explains how your CTO is made and what your rights are. It explains how you can challenge your CTO if you don’t agree with it. This information is for adults in England who are affected […]
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/sexual-abuse-mental-health-uk-b2484163.html A major investigation by The Independent’s Rebecca Thomas and Sky News’s Rob Mulhern has revealed the horrific scale of sexual abuse and assault within the UK’s psychiatric system Monday 29 January 2024 11:54 ( ) Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health SIGN UP I would like to be […]
More than 1 in 3 British adults (35%) say they don’t have confidence that a loved one would be safe if they needed hospital mental healthcare, according to new research by YouGov on behalf of Mind. A third also say they are not confident that a mental health hospital would treat their loved one with […]
This editorial discusses the pros and cons of community treatment orders (CTOs) from the perspective of community general adult psychiatry. There is little scientific evidence supporting the application of CTOs. Preconditions of a CTO to work are likely to be met by few patients. The time for the application of a CTO may be better […]
Listen to “Whistleblower- Social Worker Brutalised By Police And Social Services For Daring To Protect Children” on Spreaker. For a great many years, the UK Government has been very clear about the need to protect children, both in the family setting and in the care system itself. “Child protection is everybody’s business” is still a […]
By Alan Haslam BBC Panorama https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63061077 A vulnerable young woman is locked on the other side of a thick glass window, crying like I have never heard anyone cry before. For hours I have been sitting outside the small room, listening to her desperate pleas to be let out. This is the image that haunts […]