Race, Mental Health and Criminal Justice: Moving Forward
Dania Hanif
Published: August 31, 2017
A joint briefing, ‘Race, mental health and criminal justice: moving forward’, from social justice charity, Nacro, Clinks, Association of Mental Health Providers and Mental Health Foundation as partners in the Mental Health Consortia, and the Race Equality Foundation has found that voluntary sector practitioners and service users from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds…
Read moreJoint Briefing on Race, Mental Health and Criminal Justice Published
Dania Hanif
Published: August 31, 2017
A new joint briefing, ‘Race, mental health and criminal justice: moving forward’, from social justice charity, Nacro, Clinks, Association of Mental Health Providers and Mental Health Foundation as partners in the Mental Health Consortia, and the Race Equality Foundation has found that voluntary sector practitioners and service users from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME)…
Read moreStocktake of local mental health prevention planning arrangements
Dania Hanif
Published: August 30, 2017
This report provides a high-level summary of how local areas are currently incorporating mental health promotion and prevention of mental ill-health in their planning processes. The stocktake was undertaken by the Kings Fund on commission from Public Health England. The findings are based primarily on a content analysis of key planning documents in 35 local…
Read morePsychosocial Pathways and Health Outcomes
Dania Hanif
Published: August 30, 2017
This, Public Health England, report highlights the current evidence that exists about the relationships between social determinants, psychosocial factors and health outcomes. It also provides a conceptual framework that focuses on the psychosocial pathways between factors associated with social, economic and environmental conditions, psychological and psychobiological processes, health behaviours and mental and physical health outcomes.
Read morePrevention Concordat for Better Mental Health: Planning Resource
Dania Hanif
Published: August 30, 2017
The Prevention Concordat for Better Mental Health is underpinned by an understanding that taking a prevention-focused approach to improving the public’s mental health is shown to make a valuable contribution to achieving a fairer and more equitable society. This resource has been developed to help local areas put in place effective arrangements to promote good…
Read morePrevention Concordat for Better Mental Health Launched
Dania Hanif
Published: August 30, 2017
As members of the Prevention Concordat for Better Mental Health Expert Steering Group and co-producers of the first Concordat, The Association is delighted to announce the launch of the Prevention Concordat for Better Mental Health and a suite of ten supporting resources. Public Health England have led on establishing a Prevention Concordat for Better Mental…
Read moreHealth and Wellbeing Fund Applications Open
Dania Hanif
Published: August 29, 2017
Applications for voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations to apply for the Health and Wellbeing Fund on social prescribing are open until midday Tuesday 21 November 2017. The fund is part of the Health and Wellbeing Programme, which The Association is a member of as leads of the Mental Health Consortia. Each round focuses on a…
Read moreRequest for Information: Impact of Brexit on VCSE sector
Dania Hanif
Published: August 23, 2017
As members of the Health and Wellbeing Alliance, The Association recently attended a webinar delivered by Office for Civil Society to discuss the impact of Brexit on the voluntary and community sector. Please send responses to the following questions to Dania: Funding: how important is EU funding to DH Alliance members; if there was to…
Read moreMental Health Patients Stranded in Units
Dania Hanif
Published: August 3, 2017
BBC News has revealed that mental health patients across the UK are spending years stranded in acute units awaiting discharge, with at least 91 patients having waited more than a year to be discharged and at least 7 patients waiting more than 2 years. The BBC Freedom of Information requests also show that at least 320 patients…
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