Opportunities to embed sexual and reproductive healthcare services into new models of care: a practical guide for commissioners and service providers
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Royal College of Psychiatrist Report
This report sets out recommendations for local and national health and care leaders to support the prioritisation of mental health as local areas develop into integrated care systems (ICSs).
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Consultation on the rehabilitation of adults with complex psychosis and related mental health
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a new draft guideline for consultation on the rehabilitation of adults with complex psychosis and related mental health conditions. The consultation closes on 5 February 2020.
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In Practice: Guidance for Pharmacist Prescriber’s
General Pharmaceutical Council guidance covering five key areas that pharmacist prescribers must consider in order to prescribe safe and effective. These are: taking responsibility for prescribing safely; keeping up to date and prescribing within their level of competence; working in partnership with other healthcare professionals and persons seeking care; prescribing
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Systematic Review
The never-ending story: the problematic relationship between youth anxiety and later alcohol use
This post from the Mental Elf provides a summary of a systematic review that explores the associations of child and adolescent anxiety with later alcohol use and disorders
Exploring Mental Health Inpatient Capacity across Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships in England
Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit’s Strategy Unit, November 2019
Royal College of Psychiatrists commissioned report from Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit’s Strategy Unit and explores the pressures on inpatient mental health services across Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships in England, drawing on a wide range of datasets, published research and interviews with staff working on mental health services. It finds hundreds more NHS mental health beds are needed in England to help end the practice, known as out-of-area placements (OAPs – sending severely ill patients far from home for treatment). The report explores the pressures on inpatient mental health services across Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships in England, drawing on a range of datasets, published research and interviews with staff working on mental health services.
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Response from the Royal College of Psychiatrists: Exploring mental health inpatient capacity
Royal College of Psychiatrists, November 2019
Royal College of Psychiatrists response to the report they commissioned from the Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit’s Strategy Unit ‘Exploring Mental Health Inpatient Capacity accross Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships in England’. The college call for:
• a national programme to support mental health providers to ensure time spent in hospital has clear clinical objectives and value and that all mental health trusts undertake local assessments of the demand for services in their area and make changes to their services accordingly (based on a Quality Improvement approach)
• continued investment in high-quality community mental health services in line with Long Term Plan and the new Community Mental Health Framework for Adults and Older Adults.
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No age limit: the hidden face of domestic abuse
Age UK, November 2019
Age UK report calling for legislation to change what is understood as domestic abuse and make it easier for people to recognise or report it, as well as improving the resources available to help victims and survivors. This includes training for health care practitioners and better links between the NHS and police.
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NHS Personalised Care: Factsheet
NHS England and NHS Improvement, November 2019
This factsheet, aimed at the general public, explains what personalised care is and what it involves.
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NHS Personalised Care: Personal health budgets: Factsheet
NHS England and NHS Improvement, November 2019
This factsheet explains that personal health budgets are a way of personalising care, based around what matters to people and their individual strengths and needs.
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