MHPF is relaunching...
Dania Hanif
Published: April 4, 2017
MHPF are delighted to announce that in May we will be relaunching our organisation under the new name of Association of Mental Health Providers. Following detailed discussions with members around your needs, and after months of hard work and dedication [and with some final touches still to add!], the relaunch of our organisation next month…
Read moreStop smoking services may improve mental health of smokers
Dania Hanif
Published: January 23, 2017
As members of the Mental Health and Smoking Partnership, MHPF is pleased to support the new research conducted by King’s College London and Charles University, Prague looking at the use of stop smoking services for people with depression. The research found that smokers with depression who successfully quit smoking using stop smoking services may see…
Read moreStudy finds the benefit of peer support
Dania Hanif
Published: January 17, 2017
Together for Mental Wellbeing undertook a study which revealed that every pound spent on peer support yields a social return worth £4.94. Peer support takes place when people with experience of mental distress support each other towards better wellbeing, as people of equal value and on a reciprocal basis, using their own lived experience of mental…
Read morePrime Minister visits mcch's Wellbeing Centre
Dania Hanif
Published: January 12, 2017
The Prime Minister visited mcch’s Wellbeing Centre on Monday 9 January to talk about her vision for improved mental health provision and to hear from people who use services what’s important for them. This followed her earlier speech about the need to improve mental health nationally. Ruth Webster, the centre’s manager, spoke with Theresa May…
Read moreFive Year Forward View for Mental Health: Government Response
Dania Hanif
Published: January 9, 2017
This report sets out the government’s response to the work of the Mental Health Taskforce. The taskforce report to NHS England, the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health, is an independent and far-reaching overview of what modern mental health services should be. The government will accept the taskforce report’s recommendations in full. This report…
Read moreSuicide Prevention: Third Annual Report
Dania Hanif
Published: January 9, 2017
The third progress report of the cross-government suicide prevention strategy details the activity that has taken place across England to reduce deaths by suicide in the year ending March 2016. This report is being used to update the 2012 strategy in 5 main areas: expanding the strategy to include self-harm prevention in its own right…
Read morePrime Minister outlines measures to transform mental health support
Dania Hanif
Published: January 9, 2017
In a speech to the Charity Commission today Prime Minister Theresa May, promising a mental health care overhaul, pledges to help schools and employers in England deal with the “hidden injustice” of mental illness. The Prime Minister outlines a number of measures designed to give equal priority to mental and physical health, transform attitudes to…
Read moreWebinar with Rich Watts - Integrated Personal Commissioning
Dania Hanif
Published: December 15, 2016
Webinar Date: Monday 12 December 2016 Delivered by: Rich Watts The second webinar was delivered by Rich Watts, Adviser to the Integrated Personal Commissioning Programme at NHS England. The webinar entitled, An Overview of Integrated Personal Commissioning, outlined what Integrated Personal Commissioning [IPC] is; describes the policy context and driving forces within which IPC sits; illustrates…
Read more3rd Sector Care Awards - Winners
Dania Hanif
Published: December 8, 2016
Yesterday MHPF were proud to have supported the 3rd Sector Care Awards, for the third time since their launch in 2014. We were pleased to see nominations of such a high calibre signifying the hard work and innovative practice in the not-for-profit care and support sector. Kathy Roberts, MHPF’s Chief Executive, who was also a…
Read moreMonitoring the Mental Health Act: 2015 to 2016
Dania Hanif
Published: November 18, 2016
From: Care Quality Commission This report looks at how providers are applying standards or responding to the changes in the revised Mental Health Act Code of Practice. We highlight our concerns that patients are not receiving the support they need to be involved in their care and that some staff are not following the revised…
Read moreCQC Report - Monitoring the Mental Health Act
Dania Hanif
Published: November 18, 2016
Care Quality Commission have published their annual report, Monitoring the Mental Health Act 2015/16, which reviews and understands the experience and effects of care provided for individual patients, setting out key findings from CQC’s work. It acts as both an account of their activity to Parliament and an outline of the important issues and concerns…
Read moreCQC State of Care Report 2016
Dania Hanif
Published: November 17, 2016
Most health and adult social care services in England are providing people with safe, high-quality and compassionate care – but pressures are rising on demand, access, and cost – according to the Care Quality Commission whose annual Report to Parliament on the state of health and social care was launched today. The report looks at…
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