mental health

Theresa May is set to announce major government action to improve support for people struggling with mental illness, including moves to help troubled young people and reduce the number of suicides. In a rare speech on domestic policy on Monday, the prime minister will promise that the whole of...

Every health secretary of the last 20 years has joined an attack on the Tory government for failing the mentally ill. The nine politicians say "warm words" came to nothing and cuts have left patients "shunted across the country in search of a hospital bed". Their joint letter has been written...

Money earmarked to boost mental health provision for children in England is failing to make it to front-line services, a new report suggests. The government last year pledged £1.4bn for child mental health by 2020, but a report says millions of pounds is being used to offset NHS cuts elsewhere...

Health chiefs have hit back after being ranked in the worst category for mental health performance, claiming the figures are a snapshot which do not represent the care to patients. Norwich Clinical Commissioning Group (CCGs) is among 21 who have the “greatest need for improvement”, according to...

Actions speak louder than words is perhaps the maxim that governments should live by; that governments should have as their desktop screensavers or written on Post-its on ministerial fridges. It came to mind when Theresa May made her Milibandesque inaugural speech as prime minister, and it came...

Hi there this is my first post made, and apologies because it's a looooong one I'm posting under a pseudonym purely because it's a sensitive topic and i'd rather not be identified, but I do visit the forums regularly for information and tips and have found them very useful; just never posted...

Mental health funding will be cut in many areas of Britain in the next year, and the postcode lottery will worsen, new figures show. At least 73 local areas will see their GP mental health budgets slashed in 2016/2017, according to government data obtained by Labour MP Luciana Berger. The gap...

Some mental health trusts in England have seen "no significant investment" in psychiatric services for children despite government plans to overhaul provision, say experts. Last summer ministers said they would invest an additional £143m in the services this financial year. The Mental Health...

David Cameron has called for the nation to focus on mental health after a review revealed inadequate, underfunded care, leading to "thousands of tragic and unnecessary deaths". The report - by a taskforce set up by NHS England - said around three-quarters of people with mental health problems...

People living in the North East are more likely to be overweight and suffer mental health problems than anywhere else in England, a shock survey has found. Men and women are more likely to suffer from problems such as depression and anxiety as the region is home to the largest percentage of...

More than 8,000 serious incidents were reported by mental health trusts in England last year - an increase of more than a third over a two-year period. The figures, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by the Liberal Democrats, include a rise in unexpected deaths and suicides. The NHS...

David Cameron will call for a "more mature" conversation about mental health as he sets out how services in England will benefit from extra cash. Specialist care for new mothers with mental health problems and support for anorexic teenagers will gain money allocated in the Autumn Statement...