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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.
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.