The mental health of asylum seekers and refugees in the UK
This report by the Mental Health Foundation (February 2024) presents evidence on the circumstances which asylum seekers and refugees in the UK can face, and how these experiences can harm their mental health and even lead to suicidal feelings and actions. Asylum seekers and refugees are at particular risk of mental health problems. These may […]
Severe mental illness in the UK: a crisis of compassion
Inflammatory narratives around the risk that people with severe mental illness pose to the public are misleading. Patients are more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators, and homicides are extremely rare. So rare, in fact, that predicting violence becomes problematic—evidence for the predictive performance of violence risk assessment instruments is limited. Some UK mental health legislation […]
Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust apology after Horwich death
The Bolton News, 14th December 2023 A 75-year-old man with depression was discovered dead after the NHS Trust responsible for his treatment missed up to five visits. There was “no continuity of care”. Robert Leigh, from Horwich, was discovered dead at his home this year in what coroner Professor Dr Alan Walsh ruled as a […]
Turning Point: Crisis Support and Recovery Lounge in Manchester
Mind reveals true extent of crisis in mental healthcare with more than 17,000 reports of serious incidents in past year alone
The UK’s largest mental health charity publishes previously unseen data laying bare the full scale of the emergency in mental healthcare, with staff reporting 17,340 serious incidents in 12 months. Source: Mind, 10th October 2023 The Care Quality Commission (CQC) figures shows mental healthcare staff across England reported an incident two times every hour[1] in […]
Fewer beds occupied at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust – despite post-pandemic high across England
Fewer hospital beds were occupied in the first three months of the year at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust than a year before, new figures show. Fewer hospital beds were occupied in the first three months of the year at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust than a year before, new figures […]
