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Glen Care invests in new service for women

Glen Care is launching a challenging behaviour and complex needs service for women at its Langford Centre site in Bexhill on Sea. The new service is designed to offer a care pathway for women with complex mental health problems, including borderline personality disorder, self-harming, agitated and aggressive behaviours. It will provide treatment for those whose condition has required prolonged hospitalisation with a step-down locked rehabilitation unit offering a route to more independent living.

Online therapy pilot boosts access to CBT

Online therapy provider SilverCloud Health has rolled out a new GP referral programme with the Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group (IW CCG). The new model enables GPs to directly provide their patients with access to tailored online cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) programmes, increasing access points and reducing the number of steps patients need to go through for entry to online therapy.

PiC buys Hampshire addition treatment centre

Partnerships in Care (PiC) has continued its recent expansion with the acquisition of The Manor Clinic, a 15-bed drug, addiction and depression treatment centre in Hampshire, for an undisclosed sum.

PiC expands with acquisition of Care UK’s mental health business

Partnerships in Care has added more than 500 beds to its portfolio following four acquisitions for an undisclosed sum, including Care UK’s mental health services.

Glen Care moves away from forensic services

Specialist care provider Glen Care has announced plans to move away from low secure forensic services in London as part of a bid to reconfigure its service offering around the changing needs of health and social care commissioners.

Care UK joins concordat

Care UK has joined a new mental health concordat being led by Rotherham CCG to improve urgent care and prevent crises through early intervention.

Pilot scheme reduces stay lengths by 30%

A six month pilot project carried out on the Branwell Ward at Cygnet Hospital Wyke has resulted in a dramatic reduction in the average length of stay.

Employers lack understanding of mental illness

A new survey of senior business managers by insurer AXA PPP Healthcare has revealed that many employers lack enough understanding of mental illness to be able to support their employees.

IMHSA backs taskforce report on CAMHS

The Independent Mental Health Services Alliance (IMHSA) has welcomed the publication of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Taskforce report Future in Mind.

Government takes action on inappropriate placements

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