It may well feel like a while since New Horizons was launched (just a bit over 3 months) but a lot seems to have happened in that time; in particular the implications of the financial constraints on the economy. This has increased the pace at which we address productivity issues but also when New [...]
The video below is a general information film, produced to give information about the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme Contact: Adrian Lowther Communications and External Relations Lead Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Tel: 0207 9721 383 www.iapt.nhs.uk
The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health: Since March 1994, the Department of Health has placed a set of questions on TNS’s Face-to-Face Consumer Omnibus about public attitudes towards mental illness. From 1994 to 1997 the questions were asked on an annual basis and then every third year up until 2003. [...]
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has recently published their 2010-15 action plan for the regulation of mental health services. The plan aligns the CQC’s corporate strategy for 2010-15 which was published in February, setting out their overall direction and priorities for regulation and Improvement in health and social care. The action plan sets out the [...]
Western civilisation has conquered great health perils in the past. But the peculiarly modern malaise seems resistant to treatment. Obesity, depression, addiction, loss of wellbeing – these are issues which sap the resources and spirit of modern practitioners. The AfterNow Project seeks to trace the development of our current situation. In six 5-minute introductory [...]