Chair promises to 'seek out the truth' in mental health inquiry

Chair promises to 'seek out the truth' in mental health inquiry

By Lee Peart 29 April 2025

Chair Baroness Lampard has pledged to ‘seek out the truth’ as she launched the evidence sessions of the first public inquiry into mental health deaths yesterday.

Ambulance service and trust admit failures following musician's death

By Lee Peart 28 April 2025

London Ambulance Service and East London NHS Foundation Trust have admitted breaching their duty of care after a musician died following a fall from a third-floor window.

Trust welcomes Good CQC rating for mental health service

By Lee Peart 28 April 2025

Brockfield House forensic service, which is run by Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT), has been rated good again by the CQC.

BREAKING NEWS: Streeting defends record on mental health spending

By Lee Peart 08 April 2025

Secretary of state for health and social care Wes Streeting has defended the Government’s record on mental health spending.

Government urged to act on young people's mental health

By Lee Peart 08 April 2025

The Government has been urged to act now to avoid losing the next generation of young people to mental ill health

CQC

Four in 10 waiting too long for mental health care, CQC finds

By Lee Peart 03 April 2025

Four in 10 people are waiting too long to access community mental health services, according to the CQC.

BREAKING NEWS: Streeting confirms drop in share of mental health spend

By Lee Peart 27 March 2025

Health leaders have voiced their disappointment after health and social care secretary Wes Streeting announced a drop in the proportion of health spend directed towards mental health.

Transforming lives

By Lee Peart 24 March 2025

Founder and chief executive, Sarah Wakeling, shares how as a leading behavioural partner, Positive Support Group (PSG) works with the public sector to provide better outcomes for people with challe...

Early intervention

24 March 2025

Why making the shift to early intervention is important for children and young people’s mental health, writes Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation

Construction begins on £3m mental health facility refurbishment

By Lee Peart 13 March 2025

Henry Boot Construction has begun major refurbishment works on mental health facility, Maple Ward, at the Longley Centre in Sheffield.

Addressing the mental health deficit

11 March 2025

It’s time to give mental health the priority it deserves, write Saffron Cordery, interim chief executive of NHS Providers

frederica-diamanta

Team Co-ordinator

£29,314 - £34,997 per annum

Hybrid working – allocated to offices in Coventry or York£29,314 - £34,997 per annum

RECRUITER: Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman

Social worker Level 1

£41,442 - £44,331

Greenwich, London (Greater)£41,442 - £44,331

RECRUITER: Royal Borough of Greenwich

Social Worker

Band G SCP 32-37 (£41,511 - £46,731 per annum)

Sandwell, West MidlandsBand G SCP 32-37 (£41,511 - £46,731 per annum)

RECRUITER: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

frederica-diamanta

Team Co-ordinator

£29,314 - £34,997 per annum

Hybrid working – allocated to offices in Coventry or York£29,314 - £34,997 per annum

RECRUITER: Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman

Social worker Level 1

£41,442 - £44,331

Greenwich, London (Greater)£41,442 - £44,331

RECRUITER: Royal Borough of Greenwich

Social Worker

Band G SCP 32-37 (£41,511 - £46,731 per annum)

Sandwell, West MidlandsBand G SCP 32-37 (£41,511 - £46,731 per annum)

RECRUITER: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council