A Yorkshire woman has planted a “lonely” Christmas tree on a golf course in Skelton to raise awareness of mental health issues over the Christmas period. Read more...
A mental health patient who had previously tried to take his own life while at home on hospital leave was found hanged after being discharged, an inquest has heard. Read more...
Data collated by the BBC has revealed that mental health trusts in England have had their funding cut by the equivalent of 2.36% in real terms over the last two years – and the Royal College of Psychiatrists has warned that mental health services are reaching “breaking point”. Read more...
City of York Council has pledged to take up the Mental Health Challenge to help reduce inequalities in mental health services across York. Read more...
A campaign to prevent drastic cuts to mental health budgets in Norfolk and Suffolk has gained 1,000 Facebook supporters just one week after it was launched, with a further 13,000 viewing the campaign page. Read more...
Some mental health conditions may be passed down the generations via memories Read more...
A group of mental health charities – the We Need To Talk Coalition – has said that NHS cuts to mental health services mean more than half of all patients may have to wait for an average of three months before accessing the mental health services they need. Read more...
The Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) has announced an inquiry into the release of a mental health patient who later went on to behead a woman in Tenerife. Read more...
A campaign by frontline mental health workers in Norfolk and Suffolk attracted standing room only crowds at its first meeting in Norwich on Monday evening (25/11/13). Read more...
A new report by think tank the Centre for Social Justice has found that personal debt in the UK almost equals the country’s entire output. Read more...
A rise in the number of police detentions for mental health patients in South Wales has promoted calls for more measures to reduce the number of detentions under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983. Read more...
Cambridgeshire is to launch a new mental health mobile phone app to offer tips and advice to mental health patients. Read more...
The IPCC (Independent Police Complaints Commission) has launched a criminal investigation into the death of a Luton man with mental health issues, who died in hospital after falling ill in police custody. Read more...
Mental health campaigners and patients in York have staged a protest over long waiting lists and a shortage of beds in local mental health services – and the reorganisation of St Andrew’s psychotherapy unit in York. Read more...
LibDem MP for North Norfolk, Norman Lamb, has called for the introduction of targets for mental health services to bring them into line with other NHS services. Read more...