 Lifting the Lid on Domestic Abuse Event - 2nd September 2008 - 11am - 5pm, The Guildhall, Bore Street, Lichfield |
| 1 July 2008 |
| This event is being organised by Lichfield District Domestic Violence Forum. |
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| Burton Mind has moved |
| 8 March 2007 |
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Burton Mind is moving to a new venue and so will be closed for two days on the
17th and 18th March, and re-open at the new premises on March 19th. |
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| The Phoenix Rises... |
| 8 September 2006 |
| The Safe Spaces Network, an organisation that offers people who are experiencing mental distress a peaceful retreat at weekends, are holding two Open Days at its new house on Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th October. |
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| Chief Executive for new North Staffordshire PCT Appointed |
| 6 September 2006 |
| Andrew Millward, Chair Designate of the new North Staffordshire PCT, has today announced the appointment of Tony Bruce as Chief Executive Designate.
In making the announcement Andrew Millward said "I am delighted to be able to announce, following a rigorous selection process, the appointment of Tony Bruce as Chief Executive Designate. I am sure that Tony's background, experience and values make him well placed to serve the people of North Staffordshire, working with them to improve health and healthcare services. I very much look forward to working with him."
In accepting the appointment, Tony Bruce said "I am delighted to accept this important appointment. Over 200,000 local people will count on the PCT to help them stay healthy and ensure top quality healthcare is there when they need it, using over a ¼ of a billion pounds of taxpayers' money. It is important work. The NHS cannot achieve this alone and I very much look forward to working with partners, patients and communities across the area to build on the significant progress already made by the two current PCTs in North Staffordshire. Our challenge now is to develop even better services that reflect the needs and choices of local people."
Staffordshire Moorlands
Contact: Glen Sargeant
Tel: 01538 487233
E-mail: glen.sargeant@northstaffs.nhs.uk
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Contact: Diane Chadwick
Tel: 01782 425481
E-mail: diane.chadwick@northstaffs.nhs.uk |
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| Parents & carers in hospital: call for information |
| 31 July 2006 |
| Deadline 30th September 06
Barnardos research team has been commissioned to conduct a review of arrangements to support parents, carers and their children when parents are inpatient within the adult mental health system in England.
The views of service users
We are keen to learn more about the views and experiences of people using services, and will be seeking these through a variety of routes. A questionnaire for parents who are, or have been, users of in-patient mental health services is available by post or e-mail from caroline.day@barnardos.org.uk Tel: 0208 498 7741. The questionnaire can also be completed over the telephone.
If you know anyone who might like to contribute to this research please put them in touch. |
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| Primary Care Trust Configurations- One North Staffs PCT, One South Staffs PCT & One Stoke PCT |
| 17 May 2006 |
| Primary care trusts (PCTs) and ambulance trusts are to be reorganised as part of the Government's drive to create a patient-led NHS. |
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| Plans to amend the Mental Health Act 1983 |
| 5 May 2006 |
| As part of its comprehensive strategy to reform and modernise mental health care, the Government plans to update the Mental Health Act 1983. The amending Bill will ensure that legislation reflects the modernisation of services and the move towards more treatment in the community. It will improve safeguards and increase the safety of individual patients, and protect the wider public from harm. |
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| North Staffs Combined Healthcare Trust NHS FOUNDATION TRUST APPLICATION DEFERRED |
| 4 May 2006 |
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| South Staffs Healthcare Trust - NHS Foundation Trust Status Awarded |
| 4 May 2006 |
| South Staffordshire Healthcare has become one of the very first mental health style NHS Foundation Trusts in the country. |
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| Staffordshire Mental Health Grant 06/07 Training Events |
| 13 April 2006 |
| This years training events catalogue is now out! For your copy of the catalogue and criteria for attending the courses contact Steph Onions on 01785 355787 |
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| Psychosis is Treatable....Recovery is expected |
| 5 April 2006 |
| Joint Training by Early Intervention in Psychosis & Carers Assessment Teams
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| Back2Bikes - new website |
| 5 April 2006 |
| Back2Bikes launches a new website http://www.back2bikes.ukpages.org/ |
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| Back into work, back into society: Modernising Day Services |
| 3 March 2006 |
| A new drive to help people with mental health problems get back on their feet and back into work was launched today by Health Minister Rosie Winterton.
She published four sets of new guidance for commissioners of services designed to better re-integrate people that have suffered with mental health problems into society.
The guidance has been drawn up following the report of the Social Exclusion Unit (SEU) Social Exclusion and Mental Health, published in June 2004. The report sought to reduce the barriers to employment and community participation experienced by people with mental health problems. It identified further development of vocational services, day service modernisation and improved provision of direct payments for as key to reducing such barriers. |
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| New report finds stress is driving nation to drink and cigarettes |
| 1 February 2006 |
| Automated call centres, mobile phones and computers crashing top the stress scale of modern life according to a new report from health charity DPP: Developing Patient Partnerships (DPP) . In response, over a third of men (34%) turn to alcohol and a quarter (25%) of the population resort to cigarettes to help them feel less stressed, says the DPP report.
The report also highlights confusion around what stress actually is. Many people (68%) think stress is simply having a 'bad day' and 57% see it as having too much to do. Many (64%) wrongly believe that stress itself is an illness. |
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| Food and Mental Health Campaign |
| 1 February 2006 |
| Changes to our diet in the last fifty years or so are thought to be an important factor behind recent trends in mental health and mental illness.
Together with Sustain: the alliance for better farming and food, the Mental Health Foundation have launched a campaign to increase awareness and understanding of the links between food and mental health, and to press for shifts in policy and practice as a result. |
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| Shift launches 'Mind over matter' mental health in the media report |
| 1 February 2006 |
| Shift has published a new report on media coverage of mental health called Mind Over Matter: Improving Media Reporting of Mental Health. The report finds public understanding of mental health has improved enormously over recent years, as has media reporting. But prejudiced attitudes still remain deeply ingrained in society - and in the media. The report makes a series of recommendations on how to improve media reporting. It calls on government, the media and the mental health sector to work together to improve coverage, particularly of severe mental health problems. The publication is intended to kick-start a debate in the media about the reporting of mental health. |
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