25 March 2009

MENTAL HEALTH

New Agency for a new era in mental health (17th March 2009)
A new agency to ensure national mental health policies bring about real improvements for patients and carers will start work on 1 April, Care Services Minister Phil Hope announced today.

The new agency - the National Mental Health Development Unit - will succeed the current National Institute for Mental Health in England.

The change follows a review of mental health service delivery, taking into account Lord Darzi's NHS Next Stage Review and the need for more personalised services. From April, the ten strategic health authorities will oversee much of the regional and local delivery of new mental health policies, with support from the new Development Unit.
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New Roles Early Implementer Site Project. (March 2009)
This report was commissioned to test out with willing Trusts the flexibilities in the Mental Health Act to develop new staff for the clinical roles of the Approved Mental Health Professional and the Approved Clinician. This report summarises the findings from the fields sites and highlights key messages drawn from their experience to date.
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