HM Mental Health

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) and how they should be used under the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) are still not fully understood or implemented consistently across health and social care services, according to the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

The Department of Health (DH) has set out five new priorities for the care of people with learning disabilities in its latest response to the Winterbourne View scandal.

All Independent mental healthcare providers should have been inspected under the new Care Quality Commission regime by October 2015, according to chief inspector of hospitals, Professor Sir Mike Richards.

Cygnet Supported Living, which was launched by Cygnet Healthcare last year in an extended care pathway’ diversification from its core mental health hospital business, has opened its third house.

Autism care provider Brookdale Care is set to launch a complex care service, it announced last month.

Online therapy provider SilverCloud Health has signed a deal with Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to deliver a range of online mental health services to patients.

Mental healthcare provider Cambian could be set to list on the London Stock Exchange in a £500m float according to rumours within the sector.

Demand for independent sector mental health provision remains strong despite the financial challenges faced by the NHS.

Too many people who use community mental health services are not being involved in decisions about their own care.

A Bedfordshire based mental health charity is providing mental health peer support programmes for the corporate market.