Call for evidence: Helping People with Severe Mental Illness to Stop Smoking
Dania Hanif
Published: November 8, 2019
The Mental Health Consortium (Association of Mental Health Providers, Centre for Mental Health, and Rethink Mental Illness) with Health and Wellbeing Alliance partners Friends, Families and Travellers, Men’s Health Forum, the National LGB&T Partnership and Race Equality Foundation, have been commissioned to investigate how to best support people severely affected by mental illness to stop…
Read moreEarly 'Frailty' and Mental Health Focus Group
Dania Hanif
Published: November 4, 2019
As members of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance, The Association is holding a focus group on Wednesday 13 November, 10-12pm to engage with people with mental illness and frailty. For the project, we are primarily relying on the NHS definition of frailty – “Frailty is where someone is less able to cope and recover…
Read moreLaunch of Enterprise Development Programme
Dania Hanif
Published: November 1, 2019
The Enterprise Development Programme is a five year programme, funded by Access – The Foundation for Social Investment and managed by a coalition of partners. The programme aims to provide a broad range of support for charities and social enterprises in England, helping them become more financially resilient by developing new enterprise models, or by growing existing…
Read moreLaw Change to Provide Thousands More With Access to Personal Health Budgets
Dania Hanif
Published: October 31, 2019
One hundred thousand more people who use wheelchairs or need support for ongoing mental health problems will soon have the right to a personal health budget, providing them with greater choice and control when managing their own health and care. Minister for Care, Caroline Dinenage has laid legislation in parliament today that will bring this…
Read moreResponse to New Mental Health Act Figures
Dania Hanif
Published: October 29, 2019
Figures published by NHS Digital today show an increase in detentions of 2% under the Mental Health Act from last year with known rates of detention for the ‘Black or Black British’ group being over four times those of the White group. Kathy Roberts, Chief Executive of The Association, commented: “The latest figures show yet another…
Read moreCall for Evidence: Barriers for marginalised groups to accessing breast screening
Dania Hanif
Published: October 17, 2019
In England, breast screening is currently offered at 3-yearly intervals to women aged from 50 up to their 71st birthday. In 2017/18, 2.54 million women aged 50-70 were invited for breast screening of which 70.5% attended. Early diagnosis is key to improving the likelihood of successful treatment of an ageing population. The NHS breast screening…
Read moreCall for Evidence: Reducing health inequalities for people living with frailty
Dania Hanif
Published: October 17, 2019
As part of the VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance, we are working with Friends, Families, and Travellers to deliver a project which aims to help NHS England identify: Why there are inconsistences in delivery of healthcare services to disadvantaged people experiencing frailty earlier in life Opportunities to reduce and overcome the barriers to accessible health…
Read moreBrexit and the VCSE Mental Health Sector
Dania Hanif
Published: October 16, 2019
The role of the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) in supporting mental health conditions is well established. The sector provides treatment, care and support services for people living with mental health needs. The sector also employs a workforce with a wealth of knowledge, skills and expertise. Over 1.5 million people access CCG-commissioned mental…
Read morePHE Strategy Response
Dania Hanif
Published: September 10, 2019
Public Health England have today published their strategy outlining their priorities where they will focus their efforts to improve the public’s health and reduce health inequalities over the coming five years. Welcoming the strategy, Chief Executive Kathy Roberts commented: “We are pleased to see the publication of the PHE Strategy today which makes improving mental…
Read moreArm in arm: The relationships between statutory and voluntary sector mental health organisations
Dania Hanif
Published: July 24, 2019
Commissioned by the Association of Mental Health Providers, the Centre for Mental Health report Arm in arm, warns that voluntary and community organisations face numerous financial barriers including reductions in local government funding, short-term and ‘more for less’ contracts, unpredictable and delayed decision-making, and the unintended consequences of national policies. Smaller organisations are particularly at…
Read moreNew Report Published - Relationships Between VCSE Mental Health and Statutory Organisations
Dania Hanif
Published: July 24, 2019
Voluntary and community organisations provide essential support for people’s mental health that complements what statutory services can offer, but financial pressures are putting them under severe strain, according to preliminary research published today by Centre for Mental Health. Arm in arm, commissioned by the Association of Mental Health Providers, warns that voluntary and community organisations…
Read moreResponse to Prevention Green Paper
Dania Hanif
Published: July 23, 2019
We welcome the long-awaited Government Prevention Green Paper: Advancing our health: Prevention in the 2020s, published by the Cabinet Office, jointly with the Department of Health and Social Care, last night. With prevention being one of the Minister for Health Matt Hancock’s three priorities, it is a positive step to see the paper take a…
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