CM Mental Health

Following the publication of the serious care review, learning disabilities charity Mencap published a report with The Challenging Behaviour Foundation and in conjunction with the Serious Case Review. Its report, Out of Sight, found that charities have received 260 reports from families concerning the abuse and neglect of people with a learning disability since the scandal was uncovered.

With headlines proclaiming the increasing strains that the NHS is under, the latest research from healthcare consultancy LaingBuisson argues that there is a mass of opportunity for innovative and cost effective healthcare providers across all sectors - public, private and voluntary - to step up to the challenge of offering a range of specialist services in new ways, away from traditional hospital settings.

Community Care Market News (News) November 2002 Social services could be broken down into separate departments for children and adults under reforms...

St Andrew’s Healthcare announced last month that it will work with the University of Northampton to develop a new masters degree programme in clinical mental health research.

The use of police cells as a place of safety’ has been halved since the introduction of the Crisis Care Concordat, the Department of Health has said.

The latest edition of real estate broker Colliers International’s Care Homes Review claims that although average nominal weekly residential and nursing home fees have increased steadily over the last two years, real terms fee growth has weakened significantly in the last year.

Less than a third of UK adults think they would be likely to be accepted as foster carers were they to apply within the next two years, according to the results of a poll published by the Fostering Network.

Community Care Market News (News) June 1998 The Department of Health has released details of the arrangements for the allocation of £65m...

The government is to take radical’ action to ensure people with learning disabilities or autism do not continue to live in inappropriate hospital settings.

Children’s and Families minister Edward Timpson has unveiled new rules to ensure more 16 and 17-year-olds remain in care. Children in care would remain there until they reach 18 unless authorised to leave by a director of children’s services, Mr Timpson said. The move was part of a series of measures announced by the minister last month designed to support care leavers. Mr Timpson said: I wrote to all directors of children’s services in October asking them to dramatically improve support for care leavers, and I have been encouraged by their positive response. I now want all local authorities to commit to giving this support to care leavers. The new rules will mean that more 16- and 17-year-olds remain in care until their 18th birthday – something the best local authorities are already doing. The government hopes that this will see many more young people leaving care when they’re ready to, rather than when they have to.’