Bringing Care Closer to Home

Reducing inappropriate out of area placements in mental health services

Source: NHS Confederation Mental Health Network; 2025

Inappropriate out of area placements can have severe consequences for patients, carers and the wider system. This report highlights that impact, presents ways of responding to the challenge and provides examples of positive practice.

Read the report here: Bringing care closer to home | NHS Confederation
Freely available online

Digital peer support interventions for people with mental health conditions in outpatient settings

A systematic review and meta-analysis

Source: Croke S. BMJ Mental Health 2026;29(1):1-8.

Studies evaluated digital peer support via online platforms, mobile apps or digital communities for people aged ≥16 years with mental health conditions. Digital peer support offers modest improvements in symptoms and functioning for individuals with mental health conditions and may be considered as an adjunct to usual care to enhance engagement and provide accessible support between clinical contacts.

Read the full article here: Digital peer support interventions for people with mental health conditions in outpatient settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis | BMJ Mental Health

Depression & Anxiety

Dear all,

The latest Depression & Anxiety Bulletin from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service is ready for you to view at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/depression-anxiety/2026/02/16-february-2026/

In this edition:

  • Cost-effectiveness of targeted feedback interventions after depression screening in primary care: health economic evaluation of the GET.FEEDBACK.GP trial
  • Current treatment outcomes and care pathways for people with comorbid physical and mental health conditions using NHS Talking Therapies services in the UK: systematic review of quantitative studies
  • Moderating effect of avoidance on the relationship between depression and suicidal ideation across different types of trauma exposure
  • Prevention, screening and treatment of peripartum depression for women: new clinical guidelines
  • Plus much more

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Community Health Bulletin

Dear all,

The latest Community Health Bulletin is ready for you to view at  https://www.evidentlybetter.org/community-bulletin/2026/02/11-february-2026/

In this edition:

  • Monitoring the Mental Health Act in 2024/25
  • Substance misuse treatment in secure settings: 2024 to 2025
  • Co-regulation: advice for coping with our children’s – and our own – big emotions
  • What if the ‘nanny state’ is exactly what our health needs?
  • Designed for life? Why mental health services need a radical redesign of their physical fabric
  • New fund to tackle cancer screening inequalities and save lives
  • Plus much more

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Spirituality and Mental Health Bulletin

Spirituality and Mental Health Bulletin  

Please click on the below link for the latest edition of this current awareness bulletin on the Trust Library webpage. The links to abstracts have been activated in this bulletin and if you click on the title, it will take you to either the abstract or a full text version.  

Spirituality and Mental Health Bulletin January 2026

Some of the articles contained in the bulletin may be an Open Access article, which will be available for you download and some may be available to download via a GMMH Athens Account login. Some of the articles may be an abstract only, and the full text will have to be requested directly from the library.  

For faster, one-click access to articles you can link our resources to your device browser using LibKey-Nomad www.libkeynomad.com and following the onscreen instructions.

The Curve Library (Prestwich site) is open 8.30am-4.00pm Monday to Friday.

Please email all library enquires to library@gmmh.nhs.uk

Perinatal Bulletin

Perinatal Mental Health Bulletin  

Please click on the below link for the latest edition of this current awareness bulletin on the Trust Library webpage. The links to abstracts have been activated in this bulletin and if you click on the title, it will take you to either the abstract or a full text version.  

Perinatal Mental Health Bulletin January 2026

Some of the articles contained in the bulletin may be an Open Access article, which will be available for you download and some may be available to download via a GMMH Athens Account login. Some of the articles may be an abstract only, and the full text will have to be requested directly from the library.  

For faster, one-click access to articles you can link our resources to your device browser using LibKey-Nomad www.libkeynomad.com and following the onscreen instructions.

The Curve Library (Prestwich site) is open 8.30am-4.00pm Monday to Friday.

Please email all library enquires to library@gmmh.nhs.uk

Suicide Prevention

Dear all,

The latest Suicide Prevention and Self Harm bulletin from Mersey Care Evidence and Library Service can now be viewed at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/bulletins/suicide-prevention/

This webpage features key links and emerging reports about suicide prevention.

In this issue:  
   

  • Trusted Voices: Higher death rates among young LGBTQ+ people highlight the risks of misinformation at vulnerable moments
  • More exam stress at 15 linked to higher risk of depression as young adult – study
  • Using AI for emotional support
  • Stigma and risk of self-injury and suicidality in adults with Tourette syndrome: findings from a cross-sectional impact survey
  • Plus much more

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NB Due to planned absence there will be no Suicide Prevention & Self-Harm bulletin the w/b 2 March. The next bulletin will be w/b 16 March.

Learning Disabilities & Autism Bulletin

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The new Learning Disability and Neurodiversity bulletins will be starting w/b 9th March. To ensure that you continue to receive the appropriate bulletin(s) please complete this very brief form LD + ND Mailing lists – Fill in form

The latest Learning Disabilities & Autism bulletin is ready for you to view at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/learning-disability-autism/2026/02/25-february-2026-2/


In this edition:

  • Anxiety, Depression, and Care Barriers in Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
  • Autism as a Predictor of Deviant Peer Association: Testing for Dual Systems Model Mediation Effects
  • Every child achieving and thriving
  • Accessible information about the reasonable adjustment digital flag
  • New project to examine Prevention of Future Deaths Reports on people with learning disabilities
  • ITV News highlights the punitive use of contact orders against family members
  • Plus much more

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Learning Disabilities

Dear all,

The latest Learning Disabilities & Autism bulletin is ready for you to view at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/learning-disability-autism/2026/02/11-february-2026-2/


In this edition:

  • Learning from Lives and Deaths – people with a learning disability and autistic people (LeDeR)
  • Learning disabilities and adolescent suicidal ideation: Findings from the z-proso cohort study
  • Barriers and facilitators to healthcare access for adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults in England: A scoping review and meta-aggregation
  • Autism and menstruation: scoping review reveals unmet healthcare needs
  • National Cancer Plan promises tailored support for people with learning disabilities
  • One in six autistic pupils in UK have not attended school at all since September
  • Plus much more

Please let me know if you think there are other people who would benefit from receiving this and I will add them to the mailing list.

The new Learning Disability and Neurodiversity bulletins will be starting w/b 9th March. To ensure that you continue to receive the appropriate bulletin(s) please complete this very brief form LD + ND Mailing lists – Fill in form

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Community Health Bulletin

Dear all,

The latest Community Health Bulletin is ready for you to view at  https://www.evidentlybetter.org/community-bulletin/2026/02/25-february-2026/

In this edition:

  • Community Mental Health Survey 2024: national qualitative report
  • Transforming access to children and young people’s mental health support
  • How the internet hijacked our health
  • Liverpool’s ‘blue people’: the older adults redefining what ageing looks like
  • Thousands recruited for “new era” severe mental illness study
  • Children to be better protected from second-hand smoking and vaping
  • Plus much more

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