National Health Executive
Here is the latest on mental health for children and young people.
from the CPD Magazine
Tag: Mental Health
Latest Community Health Bulletin
Dear all,
The latest Community Health Bulletin is ready for you to view at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/community-bulletin/2026/06/16-june-2026/
In this edition:
- Changes to the definition of deprivation of liberty
- Lord Mann review on antisemitism and other forms of racism in the NHS
- Supporting people with frailty outside hospitals
- Embedding co-design and participation in early years services
- Dismissed, siloed and misunderstood: Our mental health system is failing women
- A new Online NHS Trust for specialist care
- Plus much more
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Community Health Bulletin
The latest Community Health Bulletin is ready for you to view at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/community-bulletin/2026/06/3-june-2026/
In this edition:
- Prevention Starts Here: Health visitors, school nurses and children’s health in England
- Young people with mental health conditions are now more likely to be NEET
- Health Bill: summary – fact sheet
- What would it take for the NHS to treat violence against women and girls as a public health emergency?
- Trauma-informed care and racialised communities
- Ageing with purpose: the surprising science of frailty reversal
- Plus much more
Mental health: Using evidence to improve care.
Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP); 2026.
https://www.hqip.org.uk/news/mental-health-from-crisis-to-evidence-informed-improvement/
[HQIP’s CEO, Chris Gush, explains why data is pivotal to the national review of services and the transformation of mental health care.]
Freely available online
Mental health difficulties among young adults have doubled in past decade.
Centre for Longitudinal Studies; 2026.
https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/mental-health-difficulties-among-young-adults-have-doubled-in-past-decade/
[More than a fifth (22%) of generation Z in England report having a longstanding mental health condition in their early 20s, double the rate of millennials (10%) at a similar age ten years earlier, finds a new UCL study.]
Freely available online
Tackling racism and racial injustice in mental health
Here are some reading materials covering the issue of racism in mental health.
Resources to support work around Mental Health and Wellbeing
Dear all,
Click here to explore Research in Practice resources to support Mental Health Awareness Week, including:
- Mental health awareness: Video learning resources [children & families and adults]
- Poverty and mental health practice – Making connections: Views [adults]
- Pre-birth work: Maternal mental health resources [children & families]
Supporting mental health and wellbeing | Research in Practice
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Latest MECC bulletin
Forensic Psychiatry Bulletin
Dear all,
The link below is to 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.
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Latest Depression & Anxiety bulletin
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/2026/05/11-may-2026/
In this edition:
- Key target hit with 8,500 extra mental health workers in the NHS
- Mental illness is pregnancy’s number one complication. It’s time to support those who suffer from it
- Supported housing crisis costs NHS mental health services in England £102 million a year
- MDMA-assisted therapy for depression: a promising but early first step
- Plus much more
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