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Police opens investigation into abuse at mental health hospital revealed by BBC

Community Care

Police have opened an investigation into abuse of patients at a mental health hospital uncovered by the BBC. Olivia, a patient who agreed to be featured on the programme, saying that her treatment at the hospital had made her serious mental health condition worse.

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Social care staff carrying out tasks previously undertaken by NHS, without extra funding, say directors

Community Care

There are also concerns that councils are taking on responsibilities that should fall to the NHS, because of the drive to discharge people from hospital as quickly as possible, which means people are leaving wards with greater needs than previously.

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Proposed Mental Health Act overhaul included in Queen’s Speech

Community Care

It will produce a draft bill designed to reduce the number of detentions, tackle longstanding racial disparities in the use of compulsory powers and end the detention of people on the sole grounds of them being autistic or having learning disabilities. They would have to have a co-occurring mental health condition.

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NHS heavily reliant on inappropriate out-of-area mental healthcare despite target to end it, finds report

Community Care

The NHS remains “heavily reliant” on inappropriate out-of-area mental health hospital placements despite a government target to eliminate them by March 2021, psychiatrist leaders have warned. Placements increasingly far from home. ‘Inhumane and costly’ scandal. .

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Ep. 63 – SEED: Stories of Bushfire Recovery Part 3

Social Work Discoveries

Join Mim and Lis as we find out what SEED is, how it was developed, and why it made such a difference for a small community hospital on the South Coast of NSW. We think this is a model of recovery and community development that will challenge and inspire, no matter what context you’re based in.

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Ep. 62 – SEED: Stories of Bushfire Recovery Part 2

Social Work Discoveries

Join Mim and Lis as we find out what SEED is, how it was developed, and why it made such a difference for a small community hospital on the South Coast of NSW. We think this is a model of recovery and community development that will challenge and inspire, no matter what context you’re based in.

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Ep. 61 – SEED: Stories of Bushfire Recovery Part 1

Social Work Discoveries

Join Mim and Lis as we find out what SEED is, how it was developed, and why it made such a difference for a small community hospital on the South Coast of NSW. We think this is a model of recovery and community development that will challenge and inspire, no matter what context you’re based in.