16 July 2008

MENTAL HEALTH

Support, time and recovery (STR) workers: a competence framework: best practice guidance (3rd July 2008)
This best practice guidance sets out the background, purpose, and development of the Competence Framework for Support, Time and Recovery (STR) workers employed across health and social care sectors of mental health. It supports the original STR guidance of 2003 and the STR handbook of 2007.
Guidance

Learning from the national implementation programme (originally published 9th January 2008)

Mental health policy implementation guide: Support, Time and Recovery (STR) workers (originally published 7th February 2003)


Pandemic influenza: guidance on preparing mental health services in England (2nd July 2008)

This document is designed to assist mental health trusts and other specialist mental health service providers in developing their plans for responding to an influenza pandemic. This document details a national approach, setting out the key planning assumptions and principles, roles and responsibilities that should inform the development of local plans.
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Fair Deal for Mental Health (2nd July 2008)

This campaign was launched today by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. The 3 year campaign covers eight priority areas: Funding, Access to Services, In-patient Services, Recovery, Discrimination and Stigma, Engagement with service users/carers, Availability of Psychological therapies and Linking mental and physical health.
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