HM Mental Health

In the latest push to move mental health, learning disability and autism services away from institutional settings, the Department of Health has published a consultation document asking service users for their views and informing them of their rights.

Developer Liverpool & Sefton Health Partnership (LSHP) has completed a new £25m mental health hospital in Liverpool.

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.

The majority of patients in NHS funded learning disability and mental health hospital beds are being treated close to home, according to new figures published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).

A report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has shown a steep rise in the number of applications to use the deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS) during 2014/15.

Cygnet Health Care has acquired a 46-bed mental health hospital from from Beagle Healthcare and Albion Ventures LLP for an undisclosed sum.

Behavioural and mental wellness company SilverCloud Health has launched a range of customisable online therapeutic programmes to tackle co-morbid depression and anxiety disorders. Developed in close collaboration with Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, the IAPT compatible, eight-programme suite allows practitioners to create a personalised treatment programme for clients to address multiple conditions such as depression, anxiety, worry and sleep problems.

The government’s new access targets for mental health will be included in the criteria used by Monitor to assess foundation trusts.

There is significant variation in the quality of the commissioning of neurological services among CCGs, according to the Invisible Patients report published by the Neurological Alliance.

PMI provider Cigna UK HealthCare Benefits has announced a number of enhancements to its plans designed to improve access for customers.