Archive: Mental Health

Peers defeat government over mental health bill

The Lords defeated the government over its medical health bill

A cross party group of peers has challenged the government's mental health bill, with the Lords voting for a series of amendments that weaken the proposed act's power to detain people with severe personality disorders without consent.

Peers consider mental health plans

Mental health bill disappoints again

MPs debate controversial mental health bill

Hospital abuse prompts review of learning disability services

Healthcare Commission finds institutionalised abuse at care home

The Healthcare Commission has launched a national audit of learning disability services after a new report found "institutionalised abuse" in one hospital in south London.

Peers consider mental health plans

Peers consider mental health bill

Peers will today begin a detailed review of the mental health bill, amid warnings the legislation faces defeat unless the government backs down on certain measures.

Mental health bill disappoints again

New mental health bill is no less controversial

Campaign groups have said they are "profoundly disappointed" with the details of the government's new mental health bill, published today.

Mentally ill 'failed' by the system

The Healthcare Commission warned of gaps in the provision of round the clock care for the mentally ill

People suffering from mental health problems are being let down by gaps in the provision of care, a health watchdog warned today.

PCT spending on key conditions 'varies widely'

Report finds wide variations in NHS spending across the country

There are wide variations in the amount of money NHS trusts spend on individual diseases and healthcare conditions, a new report warns.

Incapacity benefit to be reformed

Incapacity benefit could be scrapped under the Welfare Reform Bill

The benefit system in the UK is set for an overhaul, in an effort to get one million sick or disabled people back into work.

Study finds ethnic inequalities in mental health care

Politics.co.uk

Black African or Caribbean people are three times more likely to be hospitalised for mental health problems than the average, a new survey finds.

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