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Mental health and employment in the NHS
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 73p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This guidance is designed to provide advice to NHS employers on the retention and future employment of people who have experienced or are experiencing mental health problems. A key objective of the Government is to enable all disabled people, including those with mental health problems, to make the most of their abilities at work and in the wider society. It aims to do this by: providing active help for people to move into work; by taking the obstacles out of the benefits system; and by promoting equality and opportunity in the workplace. As the largest public sector employer in the country, the NHS should be making a significant contribution to delivering these objectives. This guidance confirms the strength of the Department of Health’s commitment to antidiscrimination principles. Its implementation will make a difference to the lives of healthcare workers who have experienced or are experiencing mental health problems; to their quality of life, their self-confidence and their work prospects.
A sign of the times: modernising mental health services for people who are deaf
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 38p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Deaf and deafblind people experience great difficulty in getting access to health and social care services, and those with mental health problems are no exception. Providing effective mental health services to the Deaf community is more costly than for mainstream services. The existing specialised Deaf services should develop comprehensive multi-agency and multi-professional community services all over the country, and provide care co-ordination for all patients in their care.
Care management for older people with serious mental health problems
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 3p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Care Programme Approach (CPA) should be applied to older people with severe mental illness due to schizophrenia or other psychoses. The assessment of their needs should be based on the Single Assessment Process (SAP) for older people. SAP, plus critical aspects of CPA, should be applied to other older people with severe functional or organic mental health problems, who were they younger would be provided for under CPA. When individuals subject to CPA reach old age, switches to SAP are not inevitable.
Mental health supplementary credit approvals - 2002/04
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, GREAT BRITAIN. Welsh Office
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Grants from the Department of Health and supplementary credit approvals.
Mental health policy implementation guide: dual diagnosis good practice guide
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 40p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Supporting someone with a mental health illness and substance misuse problems - alcohol and/or drugs - is one of the biggest challenges facing frontline mental health services. The complexity of issues makes diagnosis, care and treatment more difficult, with service users being at higher risk of relapse, readmission to hospital and suicide. One of the main difficulties is that there are a number of agencies involved in a person's care - mental health services and specialist rehabilitation services, organisations in the statutory and voluntary sector. As a result care can be fragmented and people can fall down the cracks. The guidance provides a framework within which staff can strengthen services so that they have the skills and organisation to tackle this demanding area of work. The authors key message is that substance misuse is already part of mainstream mental health services and this is the right place for skills and services to be. Mental health services must also work closely with specialist substance misuse services to ensure that care is well co-ordinated. The authors have also highlighted some existing examples of excellent services working well now. This guidance and the services mentioned, demonstrate the importance of effective leadership at a local level and rigorous training programmes to help staff maintain high standards of service delivery. Cites numerous references.
Mental health policy implementation guide: adult acute inpatient care provision
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 38p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Acute inpatient care is a core and integral component of the National Service Framework for Mental Health to which all the NSF standards are relevant. Improving adult acute inpatient care and its connections and integration with the other key elements of the whole system of care in its local context is a priority NSF implementation target. Acute inpatient care should already be a designated high priority by any definition prioritising the needs of people with serious mental illness. It is usually only when people are most seriously ill that they are admitted to an acute care ward. Inpatient provision is still the single element on which we spend the greatest proportion of the adult mental health budget and employ the greatest number of staff.
Mental health policy implementation guide: community mental health teams
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- London
When the mental health implementation guide was published in March 2002, it was declared: 'community mental health teams, in some places known as primary care liaison teams, will continue to be the mainstay of the system. CMHTs have an important role to play in supporting service users and families in community settings'. The emphasis in this document is on identifying the functions which CMHTs will need to perform.
Inpatients formally detained in hospitals under the Mental Health Act 1983 and other legislation: NHS trusts, high security psychiatric hospitals and private facilities: 2000-01
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 160p.
- Place of publication:
- London
There are three parts of the Act under which patents may be detained: civil detentions; court disposals and prison transfers; and place of safety orders. The booklet's purpose is to present data provided by the individual Trusts and Health Authorities.
Developing services for carers and families of people with mental illness
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 27p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The aim of this document is to help local mental health services develop support services for carers of people with mental health problems. It contains guidance on developing and sustaining mental health carer support services and also includes a sample job description for carer support workers. The guidance should be read in conjunction with Standard Six (Caring for Carers) of the Mental Health National Service Framework (MHNSF) and guidance on implementation of the Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000.
National suicide prevention strategy for England
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 39p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The strategy aims to support the Saving Lives: Our Healthier Nation target of reducing the death rate from suicide by at least 20% by 2010. It is not a one-off document but an on-going, co-ordinated set of activities which will evolve over several years. The strategy seeks to be comprehensive, evidence-based, specific and subject to evaluation, and will be delivered as one of the core programmes of the National Institute for Mental Health in England (NIMHE).