Mental Health
Ahead of tomorrow’s Stage 1 debate in the Scottish Parliament, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has warned that the Natural Environment Bill poses several risks to the balance of deer management in Scotland. BASC has briefed MSPs on its main concerns and is urging a rethink of proposals that could undermine effective… Read more »
The House of Lords Select Committee for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has just announced its final oral witnesses, and it will not hear from terminally ill individuals or those who have assisted loved ones to die. Clare Turner, a terminally ill person, and Louise Shackleton, who accompanied her husband to Switzerland… Read more »
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Psychological therapies are to be made more widely available to sufferers of the most common mental health problems. Health secretary Alan Johnson today announced a £170 million boost to expand so-called ‘talking therapies’ across the country. Mental health campaigners have long called for better access to talking therapies and NICE recommends cognitive behaviour therapies are… Read more »
Mental health patients need to be treated with more dignity, the government acknowledged today. To help achieve this, the Department of Health (DoH) announced its flagship Dignity in Care policy – already used to drive up standards in elderly care – would be extended to mental health patients. The policy is designed to ensure health… Read more »
