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Guardianship under the Mental Health Act 1983, England: 2013
- Author:
- HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE INFORMATION CENTRE
- Publisher:
- Health and Social Care Information Centre
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 16
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Statistical report providing information about cases of guardianship under Sections 7 and 37 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in England. It contains information at national, regional and local authority level. Of relevance to anyone with responsibility for handling applications for guardianship or who is involved in monitoring uses of the Mental Health Act and the rights of people with mental problems. (Edited publisher abstract)
Local authority personal social services statistics: guardianship under the mental Health Act 1983: England 2006
- Author:
- NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE. Information Centre for Health and Social Care
- Publisher:
- National Health Service. Information Centre for Health and Social Care
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This report contains the latest available statistics on the numbers of people subject to guardianship under Sections 7 and 37 of the Mental Health Act 1983.
Appendices to technical report for SCIE research review on the prevalence and incidence of parental mental health problems and the detection, screening and reporting of parental mental health problems
- Authors:
- PARKER Gillian, et al
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 188p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
This research aimed to review and present evidence that could inform the practice guidelines, to identify gaps in knowledge, and to evaluate the strength of the existing evidence, both in general and specifically in relation to marginalised families and those from black and minority ethnic communities. Two separate questions were addressed by the review reported here and reviewed separately: what is known about the incidence, prevalence, and types of parental mental health problems in the UK?; and what systems, tools and opportunities exist in children's services, adults' services and family services for detecting parental mental health problems, in both the UK and elsewhere? How these are used, by whom and in which contexts? This appendix to the report contains details of the databases used, the search criteria, and literature used for the review.
A comparison of service users placed out of their local area and local rehabilitation service users
- Authors:
- KILLASPY Helen, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 18(2), April 2009, pp.111-120.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
This study aimed to assess service users in out of area treatments (OATs) for suitability for relocation to local rehabilitation and supported accommodation and to compare characteristics of OATs with local rehabilitation service users in order to identify gaps in local provision. Over the first 30 months, 51 OATs were identified and 40 reviewed. Standardized assessment data were compared with local rehabilitation service users' data. Individuals placed in OATs had a greater range of diagnoses and more had alcohol dependency than local service users. Ratings of social function were similar. Though severity of challenging behaviours was greater for OATs clients, few were “hard to place” in community settings. Of 25 (63%) OATs assessed as suitable to move, 13 (33%) relocated, all to more independent accommodation. Associated financial flows were reinvested into new local highly supported flats. The authors conclude that a significant proportion of individuals placed in OATs can successfully relocate to more independent local facilities.
Personal social services local authority statistics: residential accommodation for people with mental illness and people with learning disabilities; local authority supported residents, year ending 31 March 1994. England
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 57p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Impact of the Mental Illness Specific Grant in the Northern Region
- Author:
- BARNES Diana
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 7(1), 1995, pp.19-30.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Summarises the findings of a research study into the use of the Mental Illness Specific Grant in the north of England between 1991 and 1993. Charts the opportunities and achievements of the grant which has supported over 90 community mental health projects in the region, but while the success of the policy is undeniable, its short term nature raises issues for the service users in this very unresourced area of community care.
There to help 2: ensuring provision of appropriate adults for vulnerable adults detained or interviewed by police
- Author:
- BATH Chris
- Publisher:
- National Appropriate Adult Network
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 115
- Place of publication:
- Ashford
Based on Freedom of Information Act requests to police forces in England and Wales, this report provides an updated on the need for, and access to, appropriate adults (AA) for vulnerable adults in police custody. Vulnerable adults may have a mental illness, learning disability, brain injury or autism. The report provides information on: the identification of need for an AA amongst adult suspects; the application of the AA safeguard (the extent to which vulnerable adult suspects actually receive the support of an AA); and the availability of organised AA provision in England and Wales. Based on police figures, the report finds that in the 12 months ending 31st March 2018 at least 111,445 police detentions and voluntary interviews of vulnerable adult suspects were carried out without the support of an 'appropriate adult'. It also found that where police had no access to an organised AA scheme, they were half as likely to record an adult as needing one. Despite being a key recommendation of There to Help (2015), local authorities are only legally required to run schemes for children, not for vulnerable adults. The report makes a number of recommendations. (Edited publisher abstract)
Supporting parental mental health
- Author:
- HAWKER Gary
- Journal article citation:
- Disability, Pregnancy and Parenthood International, 62, Summer 2008, pp.6-7.
- Publisher:
- National Centre for Disabled Parents
The author, from Dorset Primary Care Trust, discusses the development a holistic service to support parental mental health and safeguard children, through the development of a joint protocol between children and mental health social services departments.
The balance of care: reconfiguring services for older people with mental health problems
- Authors:
- TUCKER S., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 12(1), January 2008, pp.81-91.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The belief that most older people, including those with complex needs, can, and would prefer to be, cared for in their own homes underpins community care policy in many developed nations. There is thus a common desire to avoid the unnecessary or inappropriate placement of older people in care homes or in hospital by shifting the balance of provision. This paper demonstrates the utility of a 'balance of care' approach to address these issues in the context of commissioners' intention to reconfigure services for older people with mental health problems in a defined geographical area of the North West of England. The findings suggest that, if enhanced community services were available, a number of people currently admitted to residential or hospital beds could be more appropriately supported in their own homes at a cost that is no greater than local agencies currently incur.
The development of a Local Index of Need (LIN) and its use to explain variations in social services expenditure on mental health care in England
- Authors:
- McCRONE Paul, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 14(3), May 2006, pp.242-253.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This paper's aims are to (1) describe the development of a new indicator of mental health needs, (2) use the index to explain variations in social services expenditure on mental health, and (3) compare the index with other established measures of need. A principal components analysis of sociodemographic variables considered to be indicators of need was used to produce four distinct factors for 148 Local Authority areas in England. A weighted sum of these factors was used to produce a single index. (Weights were the proportion of variance explained by each factor.) The index was used in a regression model to explain variations in spending on mental health care and was compared with (1) a model containing the four individual factors, (2) the current method of allocating resources, (3) the index used to allocate resources to primary care trusts, (4) the Mental Illness Needs Index (MINI), (5) four indices of deprivation produced by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and (6) the average of the above four indices. The new index could explain 54% of variation, compared with 56% using the current method. The four-factor model could explain 66%, whilst the other models could explain between 37% and 20%. This new index has the advantage that it is not based on previous levels of utilisation or expenditure and yet still explains a comparable amount of variation as the current method. However, a disaggregated model containing individual factors may be preferable.