Mental Health Act
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Mental health is now recognised as a core business issue — not just a personal one. Employees’ well-being directly affects productivity, engagement, and retention, while poor mental health carries a...
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The new regulation came into force on 4 May 2021 and places a strong emphasis on allowing individuals who meet the relevant eligibility criteria to apply for either a Breathing...
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A patient experiencing a mental health crisis was detained in an ambulance for 12 hours as a result of there being no space inside of a Cambridgeshire hospital. The patient...
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Kate Smith, a medical negligence lawyer at Ashtons Legal has obtained a settlement for Mrs D who lost her son after he took his own life. Mr D was known...
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An Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983, chaired by Professor Sir Simon Wessely – Regius Professor of Psychiatry at King’s College London and president of the Royal Society...
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The Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust have today announced that across the two counties, 35 out of 144 beds have been closed. These bed closures have been put in place...
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Mental Health Awareness Week – 14th-20th May 2018 – is an opportunity for employers to revisit current practices and to see if their policy and culture match up to best...
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We are now some way into the timeframe of the government’s “Five Year Forward View for Mental Health, a £1bn plan to improve mental health care by 2021” and one...
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