The King’s Fund recently published a report which showed a widening funding gulf between acute hospitals and mental health trusts. The slow rate of funding growth for mental health trusts and the preferential use of the Sustainability and Transformation Fund to stabilise financial and operational performance has widened the funding gap between NHS mental health …
NHS England is currently preparing to invest in setting up a new specialist forensic community mental health team across the country. These teams will help high acuity patients by supporting them safely assimilate back into the community. Providers will have the opportunity to bid up to £1.2m to expand treatment for mental health patients who …
A recent survey, conducted by The Guardian, has shown seven in ten psychiatrists consider Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services to be inadequate at best. 253 of about 2,000 specialist psychiatrists working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) care took part in the survey, and more than seven out of ten consultant psychiatrists …
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