Tag: Mental Health

Restraint in mental health hospitals: what families want staff to understand.

The Conversation; 2026.

If mental health services want to reduce the use of restraint, they need reliable ways of using the detailed knowledge families have accumulated over years of caring. That knowledge can help staff understand what a person is trying to communicate before distress reaches the point at which force is considered necessary.

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Community Health Bulletin

from Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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In this edition:

  • Safeguarding children affected by a parent’s alcohol or drug use
  • Learning from national patient experience surveys: qualitative insights across care pathways
  • Understanding local provision for Black maternal mental health
  • What does the Prime Minister mean by a National Care Service?
  • Overprescribing can take a toll on older peoples’ health and independence – here’s what can be done
  • Cannabis use linked to higher risk of violence, major review finds
  • Plus much more

7 October 2026 – Evidently Better

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Mental Health, Learning Disability and Neurodevelopmental Conditions bulletin

from the Mental Health and Learning Disability and Neurodevelopmental Conditions (MHLDNC) Programmes at NHS England.

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Barriers to Mental Health Service Use Among Older Adults: A Multistakeholder Qualitative Study in Southampton.

Wang F. Health and Social Care in the Community 2026;2026(1):5577869.

[Older adults in the UK face significant challenges accessing mental health services, despite high levels of need. This study aimed to explore barriers to mental health service use among older adults in Southampton, drawing on perspectives from strategic stakeholders, frontline workers, older adults, and a family carer.]
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Mental health personalised care framework: the modern care programme approach.

NHS England; 2026.

[This framework sets out the approach and related principles and actions for delivering personalised care for adults and older people with severe mental health problems. Personalised care means people have choice and control over the way their care is planned and delivered. It is based on ‘what matters’ to them and their individual strengths and needs.]
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Mental Health, Learning Disability and Neurodevelopmental Conditions bulletin

from NHS England

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Spirituality and Mental Health Bulletin  

from the Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Community Health Bulletin

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  • Smoking and vaping: guidance, policy and regulation
  • Healthy childhoods: shared responsibility for growing up well
  • Fighting Misinformation in the AI SEO era
  • What happens to strength, balance, stamina and reflexes as you age – and what you can do about it
  • NHS urges those eligible to book a flu jab ahead of this winter season
  • Study examines how remote mental health care is working in practice
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Children and Young People’s Mental Health (CYPMH) evidence-based bulletin

from the Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

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Mental Health, Learning Disability and Neurodevelopmental Conditions bulletin

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