HM Mental Health

The Independent Mental Health Services Alliance (IMHSA) has welcomed the chief medical officer’s (CMO) report on priorities for mental health, including the need to address the existing treatment gap and support efforts to achieve parity of esteem between mental and physical health.

The latest figures from the health and social care information centre (HSCIS) show that the number of completed deprivation of liberty (DoL) applications have risen for the fourth year running.

New figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) have revealed a postcode lottery for patients trying to access psychological therapy.

Craegmoor is opening a new residential service in Sheffield for individuals with mental health needs.

French private mental healthcare specialist Groupe Sinoué has acquired Florence Nightingale Hospitals Ltd, the UK subsidiary of the Swedish-based Capio Groupe, for an undisclosed sum.

Mental healthcare must be prioritised by the government and treated as a measurable entity if the £105bn annual cost of mental illness in England is to be reduced, according to a new report.

NHS England could be preparing to end the moratorium on commissioning new specialist mental health services after confirming it is considering putting inpatient child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) out to tender. As part of its ongoing review of Tier 4 CAMHS, the national commissioning body said it was considering measures to reduce out-of-area placements including any necessary tendering for services’. It is planning to hold a provider engagement event at the end of this month.

Craegmoor has opened a £150,000 residential facility for people with mental health conditions such as personality disorder in Lincolnshire.

The June deadline for moving all service users inappropriately placed in large scale’ hospital or care homes into community settings will not be met, the director of the Winterbourne View Joint Improvement Programme has revealed. At the end of 2012, the government issued a mandate to NHS commissioning boards to review all current placements for people with learning disabilities and autism by June 2013 with all those who have been placed inappropriately in hospital or large-scale residential care moved to community-based support no later than June 2014.

Partnerships in Care (PiC) has extended its Essex learning disability services with the addition of ten new beds in three bungalows. The new service, based in Rainham, will focus on supporting residents to become increasingly independent. Its location within easy reach of community facilities such as shops and colleges will help facilitate social integration and enable residents to maintain independent living skills.