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16/03/10 APPG Mental Health launches Election Compact

The APPG is pleased to announce the launch of a 'Compact' for mental health, to prevent parties from using slurs about mental illness ahead of the  General Election. The three main party leaders have signed up to the Compact, which is the first of its kind, and another important step towards stamping out the stigma associated with mental ill health. You can read the full text of the Compact here.

Related documents

Election Compact - Word Document

02/03/10 APPG launches report on NICE schizophrenia guidelines

A survey of just over half of mental health Trusts in England found:

  • Serious challenges to the delivery of psychological services, particularly CBT, to all service users with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, as called for by the Guideline
  • Confusion and difficulties in providing improved physical health screening for service users with a diagnosis of schizophrenia

Related documents

Full Report (PDF - opens in a new window)
Press Release (Word Document - opens in a new window)

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NICE guidelines on schizophrenia (Link opens in a new window)

 

 

NICE guideline implementation - Mental Health Trusts Survey

NICE guidelines for schizophrenia have been updated and we would like to know how your Trust is implementing them. Please fill out the questionnaire here and email it back to Lynne Jones MP at: davidsoni@parliament.uk

NICE guideline implementation - Mental Health Trusts Survey

 

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/one-in-five-mps-suffers-from-stressrelated-mental-illness-868708.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/joepublic/2008/jul/16/whyarempssilentonmentali  

http://uk.reuters.com/article/UKNews1/idUKL1626947520080716  

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/7508723.stm  

 

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