CM Mental Health

The separation between physical and mental health is costing the NHS £11bn a year and leading to poorer outcomes, according to a new report from the King’s Fund.

Community Care Market News (News) February 2002 Autism is a far more prevalent than once thought and can no longer be considered...

Community Care Market News (News) November 2003 The Department of Health (DoH) has launched a national consultation on choice, responsiveness and equity...

Community Care Market News (News) August 2001 Three care home residents in Solihull are seeking judicial review of the council's decision to...

Community Care Market News (News) November 2001 The Department of Health has published a consultation paper on residential care, housing, care and...

One adult in every 100 in the general population of England has some degree of autism, according to new research.

Almost one in four people with learning disabilities are living in care homes despite 70% of this population wishing to live independently, according to mental health charity Mencap. Mencap is warning that, due to a shortage of affordable housing opportunities, local authorities are moving away from supporting people to live independently in their own communities. Using data gathered from Freedom of Information requests submitted to all local authorities in England and Wales combined with a survey of nearly 500 parent/carers of people with a learning disability, the charity has concluded that, in the past year, the growing trend among councils is to only support people with a learning disability to live independently if the cost to support them is less than moving them into a care home.

A $100m (£68m) Dementia Discovery Fund was announced at the World’s Health Organisation’s First Ministerial Conference on Global Action Against Dementia last month to boost medical research into the disease.