NHS England guides for NHS chaplaincy

This NHS England document sets out for NHS managers of chaplaincy services in England guidance on how to run and manage a safe, effective and inclusive chaplaincy service, with some examples of how NHS bodies across the country are operating such services.

NHS England » NHS Chaplaincy – guidelines for NHS managers on pastoral, spiritual and religious care

Funding for public mental health helped address Covid 19 mental health challenges

A report by the Centre for Mental Health commissioned by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) to evaluate the Better Mental Health Fund nationally has found how investment in public mental health can reap the biggest benefits for local communities.

The evaluation finds that the Fund enabled local councils to support a wide range of activities to promote mental health, covering a spectrum of preventive and support-based interventions and projects for the general population, by tailoring their use of the Fund to the needs of their local communities.

Funding for public mental health from the OHID’s Better Mental Health Fund was given to local authorities in 40 of the most disadvantaged areas of England that experience higher rates of mental ill health and used to run 314 projects to address mental health challenges arising from the Covid 19 pandemic.

CentreforMH_MadeInCommunities_BMHF_0.pdf (centreformentalhealth.org.uk)