Mental-health - Page 1 | Healthcare Management Magazine

Latest mental health

MENTAL HEALTH

'We have a once in a career opportunity to transform services', mental health leader says

By Lee Peart 17 April 2026

Mental health trusts have a ‘once in a career opportunity to transform services’, according to Dr Nick Broughton.

MENTAL HEALTH

Scottish Labour plans new mental health emergency service

By Lee Peart 14 April 2026

Scottish Labour has promised a new mental health emergency service under a raft of reforms in the party's manifesto for the Scottish Parliament election on 7 May.

SEND

SEND reform won't reduce system pressures. It will redistribute them.

By Lee Peart 09 April 2026

Dr Chris Abbott, chief medical officer, CARE ADHD, says SEND Reforms should put the focus on children’s need.

MENTAL HEALTH

Long stay and rehabilitation mental health wards downgraded by CQC

By Lee Peart 09 April 2026

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust’s (EPUT) long stay and rehabilitation mental health wards have been downgraded from good to requires improvement by the CQC.

MENTAL HEALTH

People in mental health crisis at risk in emergency departments

By Lee Peart 09 April 2026

People in mental health crisis are at risk in emergency departments due to a ‘significant legal gap’, a report has warned.

CQC

Community mental health care 'struggling' to meet needs

By Liz Wells 31 March 2026

Many people still face significant barriers to appropriate mental health care, despite experiences of services improving, new research reveals.

MENTAL HEALTH

Links between child and parental mental health revealed

By Lee Peart 18 March 2026

ONS analysis has explored the links between child and parental mental health, and school outcomes.

REGULATION

CCTV footage shows staff assaulting patients at St Andrew's

By Lee Peart 16 March 2026

A CQC inspection of St Andrew’s hospital in Northampton has found CQC footage showing the use of inappropriate restraint and staff assaulting patients.

MENTAL HEALTH

Local authority inconsistencies creating academic barriers for children in care

By Lee Peart 13 March 2026

Inconsistence in local authority practice are creating academic barriers for children in care, a new report has found.

ESTATES

High dependency rehabilitation unit brings care closer to home

By Lee Peart 12 March 2026

A new high dependency rehabilitation unit is bringing care closer to home for people with complex mental health needs.

MENTAL HEALTH

Extension to autism and ADHD referrals announced

By Lee Peart 02 March 2026

Autism (ASD) and ADHD referrals in Lancashire and South Cumbria have been extended until the end of March after healthcare leaders previously announced they would be paused.