Archive for October, 2008

Mental health services ignored

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

According to an article over on the Guardian, mental health services are being ignored by the NHS.
The Healthcare Commission reported in its annual review that the NHS is performing better than ever. However not all waiting times are measured: the report ignored the lack of access to areas of care in mental health, with some read more »

Mentally ill children failed by the NHS?

Monday, October 6th, 2008

According to a recent article in the Guardian, mentally ill children are still receiving inappropriate treatment on adult wards. The children’s commissioner for England, Sir Al Aynsley-Green, led a study that found only 15% of NHS trusts are treating children on appropriate wards, and warned that “much still needs to be done to ensure young read more »