The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has described the PCREF as “the single most important lever we have to reduce racial disparities in mental health’’. Embedding its principles into the ...

A review to address backlogs of mental capacity assessments could reduce GP involvement, the Government has said.

AMHP Abul Hussain explores the ethical dilemmas he confronts, how he learns from practice and how he has built the resilience to keep going ...

The M6 was closed for an hour this morning while police responded to an emergency welfare incident near Leyland.

A groundbreaking Bill that would give mental health patients more control over their treatment is edging closer to becoming law. The landmark Mental Health Bill seeks to amend the 1983 Act, which laid ...

Black people in the North East and north Cumbria are almost three times as likely to be detained under the Mental Health Act as white people, new figures show.

A Bill that will give mental health patients a greater say over their case and treatment is one step closer to becoming law. The landmark Mental Health Bill amends a 1983 Act that set out the legal ...

Ministers’ failure to act on the increasing effects of the climate emergency will have severe health and societal consequences, a leading climate adviser warns, as reports suggest that heat related ...

Today is World Mental Health Day (October 10). Mind, the mental health charity, says it's important to focus on mental health every day because of its profound impact on us. Someone who strongly ...