The Quality Matters initiative is co-led by partners from across the adult social care sector.
Adult Social Care: Quality Matters sets out a single view of quality and a commitment to improvement.
The summary action plan sets out 6 priority areas to make progress on improving quality in the first year.
Home Office have published the new Drugs Strategy, which sets out how the Government and its partners, at local, national and international levels, will take new action to tackle drug misuse and the harm it causes. Drug misuse is common among people with mental health conditions: research indicates that up to 70% of people in community…
Read moreThese 3 documents are part of the ‘Social Work for Better Mental Health’ initiative. They will help to improve social work across the mental health sector and to make sure the value of social work in improving mental wellbeing is recognised. The documents include: an overview of the strategy and importance of social work in…
Read moreThe state of care in mental health services 2014 to 2017 presents findings from our programme of comprehensive inspections of specialist mental health services. The report combines evidence from our inspections and findings from our role monitoring use of the the Mental Health Act, as well as analysis of data from other sources. This rich…
Read moreThis evidence-based information will help mental health nurses to improve the physical health and wellbeing of people living with mental health problems. This document focuses on how to deal with some of the main risk factors for physical health problems, and helps to make sure that people living with mental health problems have the same…
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