Children's Mental Health Week: Let's Connect
Ella Dunthorne
Published: February 9, 2023
This week is Children’s Mental Health Week, and the theme is ‘Let’s Connect’. Social connectedness is defined most succinctly as “ the social ties between people.” [1] However, being socially connected to others is so much more than that. Social connectedness can be identified as having three core components: socialising, social support, and a sense of…
Read moreMental health sector leaders urge decision makers to prioritise children and young people's mental health
Ella Dunthorne
Published: February 8, 2023
Marking Children and Young People’s Mental Health Week this week, Association of Mental Health Providers with other mental health sector leaders, in a letter published in The Telegraph today, are calling on decision-makers to create a long-term plan for the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people. Read the full letter below: One…
Read moreMuslim Mind Collaborative survey on Muslim mental health in schools
Ella Dunthorne
Published: January 24, 2023
Muslims possess the youngest age profile of all religious groups in the UK; young Muslims make up almost half of the UK Muslim population, with 48% being under the age of 25 years. Muslims, therefore, make up a significant 1 in 12 school children in Britain. In light of the data, which indicates a rising…
Read moreOur response to the Health and Social Care Secretary’s statement on discharge funding
Ella Dunthorne
Published: January 10, 2023
We welcome the Health and Social Care Secretary’s statement on discharge funding and the pressures on the NHS this winter. We hope the additional funding through the £250m discharge fund, announced today, will help ease some of the pressures currently being faced by the NHS, however, we must recognise the importance of a resourced and…
Read moreResponse to DHSC’s Market Sustainability and Fair Cost of Care Fund – Review next steps
Ella Dunthorne
Published: January 5, 2023
What about mental health service provision? In response to the Government’s Market Sustainability and Fair Cost of Care Fund – Review next steps, Kathy Roberts, CEO of Association of Mental Health Providers, the national voice of VCSE (Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise) mental health service providers, says: “We welcome DHSC’s review, however, there is little…
Read moreAutonomy for social care providers over outbreak management
Ella Dunthorne
Published: December 15, 2022
Press release from the Department of Health and Social Care announcing changes to guidance for social care giving providers more autonomy over the use of face masks and outbreak management – [Shared as received] ADULT SOCIAL CARE PROVIDERS RECEIVE MORE AUTONOMY OVER USE OF FACE MASKS AND OUTBREAK MANAGEMENT Guidance for social care has been…
Read moreMental Health Nursing Research
Ella Dunthorne
Published: December 14, 2022
NHS England is initiating a project to develop a Demand Signal specific to the practice of mental health nursing. The demand signalling process determines evidence gaps and detailed research questions in relation to a specific area, in this case, the scope of practice of mental health nursing in England for children, young people and adults.…
Read moreAn open letter to the Prime Minister on the cost of living
Ella Dunthorne
Published: November 28, 2022
The Association of Mental Health Providers is one of nineteen charities that have written to the Prime Minister regarding the detrimental impact the cost of living is having on people’s mental health. Read the full letter below: Dear Prime Minister, In the UK the cost-of-living crisis runs deep in every community and is having a…
Read moreAssociation of Mental Health Providers calls on government to support the NHS by urgently tackling the key issues facing the entire social care sector
Ella Dunthorne
Published: November 17, 2022
In light of the recent Care Provider Alliance (CPA) briefing, which highlights the urgent need for ‘a 1948 moment’ in the adult social care sector, the Association of Mental Health Providers, the representative body for voluntary and community sector mental health service providers and CPA member, calls for reforms to be inclusive of all adult…
Read moreAn open letter calling for investment in the specialist workforce
Ella Dunthorne
Published: November 3, 2022
With the UK Government set to release their SEND and AP Improvement Plan by the end of the year, this is a prime opportunity to campaign for this plan to address urgent gaps in the specialist workforce. Association of Mental Health Providers has joined a coalition of over 110 charities, royal colleges, professional bodies, professional…
Read moreAn open letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Budget
Ella Dunthorne
Published: October 31, 2022
Association of Mental Health Providers has joined the Mental Health Policy Group, Young Minds, and the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition to write to the Chancellor of the Exchequer ahead of the budget statement on 17 November. Together, we have urged him to protect mental health in the budget, by protecting NHS funding,…
Read moreWill this be the dawn of a new era? - Member Briefing on the "Mini-Budget"
Ella Dunthorne
Published: September 28, 2022
In his first Budget speech as Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng said that ‘we need a new approach for a new era, focused on growth’. He would build this around three priorities: reforming the supply side of the economy, maintaining a responsible approach to public finances, and cutting taxes to boost growth. What followed certainly delivered on…
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