Healthcare Commission - National Audit of Violence “More than half of nurses on mental health wareds report being physically assaulted at work.

   Healthcare Commission - National Audit of Violence 2006-07 Final Report Working Age Adult Services, 14 February 2008,
Introduction
More than half of nurses on mental health wards report being physically assaulted at work. The figure rises to almost three-quarters for mental health nurses working on wards for patients with  disorders such as dementia.
The findings were [...]

Healthcare Commission - National Audit of Violence 2006-7 Final Report Older Peoples Services

    Healthcare Commission - National Audit of Violence 2006-7 Final Report Older Peoples Services February 2008
Abstract

This is the second time that the Healthcare Commission and Royal College of Psychiatrists have joined forces to examine the needs of patients and staff with regard to violence in inpatient mental health services. For this audit, the focus has been [...]

Learning Difficulities - A life like no other

A life like no other  A national audit of specialist inpatient healthcare services
for people with learning difficulties in England , December 2007, Healthcare Commission
The Healthcare Commission (HC), in its first audit of specialist inpatient healthcare services for people with learning difficulties, argues that sweeping and sustained changes are needed if they are to meet the [...]

Learning Difficulties

Learning Difficulties  from the Healthcare Commission  169,000 people aged 20 or over are known to use services for people with learning difficulties in England.
People with learning difficulties have a right to have their human rights upheld. They should be supported in ways that promote their independence, increase choice and control and inclusion in their communities.
We [...]

Current Awareness Bulletin

  The CEBMH’s e-CAB is a fortnightly bulletin containing selected news items on mental health issues, including clinical news, health and social care guidance, policy and publications.
An easy way to keep up-to-date in Mental Health.

Therapy vs Therapy

Two-Year Randomized Controlled Trial and Follow-up of Dialectical Behavior Therapy vs Therapy by Experts for Suicidal Behaviors and Borderline Personality Disorder Journal article from the Archives of General Psychiatry 2006
“Ourfindings replicate those of previous studies
of DBT and suggest that the effectiveness of DBT cannot
reasonably be attributed to general factors associated
with expert psychotherapy. Dialectical behavior therapy
appears to [...]

One for the Pharmacists

Talking About Medicines: The management of medicines in trusts providing mental health services from the Healthcare Commission 2007.
  Surveys of people using mental health services and audits undertaken as part of this
review have provided evidence of a very high use of medicines in care plans (on average
92% of people who responded to the survey of [...]

Start the Clock for Countdown

   Count me in 2007  Results of the 2007 national census of inpatients in mental health and learning disability services in England and Wales.
On 30 March 2007, the Healthcare Commission, the Mental Health Act Commission (MHAC) and the National Institute for Mental Health in England (NIMHE) carried out a national census to record the ethnicity [...]

State of Healthcare 2007

State of Healthcare 2007     from the Healthcare Commission, December 2007
The NHS has improved dramatically over the last few years, but still cannot guarantee that basic minimum standards are being met for patients throughout England and Wales, according to the new report.
Below is an excerpt from the report:
There are concerns about other groups requiring specialist [...]