Mental health

National commitments to transform and improve mental health care are welcome but extra funding needs to get through to the frontline and workforce gaps addressed in order for services to meet rapidly growing demand and transform for the future.

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Briefing
22 Nov 2024

Mental Health Bill 2025

NHS Providers share a briefing in advance of the second reading of the Mental Health Bill on 25 November.

News
21 Nov 2024

Mental health services under pressure ‘like never before’

Saffron Cordery responds to a Health Services Safety Investigations Body report about out of area placements of mental health patients.

News
12 Nov 2024

Trusts braced for another gruelling winter in the NHS

NHS Providers deputy chief executive Saffron Cordery sets out the latest findings of our annual State of the Provider Sector survey.

News
06 Nov 2024

Pressing need for mental health reform, support and improvement

Saffron Cordery responds to government plans to reform and modernise the Mental Health Act.

News
31 Oct 2024

Providers Deliver: shifting care upstream

A new report by NHS Providers shows how in the face of a very challenging environment trusts are innovating and adapting to deliver the three key shifts called for by the government.

News
24 Oct 2024

Much more to do to improve mental health services across England

NHS Providers deputy chief executive, Saffron Cordery, responds to the first of the Health Services Safety Investigations Body’s (HSSIB) investigations into mental health inpatient settings.

Blog
12 Sep 2024

Changing the narrative on suicide: how can the new government deliver its ambition to save lives?

In support of World Suicide Prevention day, Ella Fuller shares why England’s suicide prevention strategy still needs to be backed by sufficient resources.

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News
12 Sep 2024

Busier than ever NHS ‘down but not out’

NHS Providers chief executive Sir Julian Hartley responds to a speech by the Prime Minister on the Darzi review and the latest NHS performance statistics.

Blog
27 Aug 2024

How should we nurture NHS staff mental health and wellbeing?

Naomi Gornall, external affairs manager at Doctors in Distress, explores how the mental health and wellbeing of NHS staff can be supported.

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News
27 Aug 2024

New NHS 111 crisis mental health support welcome, but pressures persist

NHS Providers deputy chief executive Saffron Cordery responds to new plans by NHS 111 to offer crisis mental health support for the first time.

News
24 Jul 2024

Make children’s mental health a priority, tackle poverty

Saffron Cordery responds to a call by charities for government action to tackle poverty and boost children’s mental health.

News
17 Jul 2024

Mental health action in King’s Speech welcome

Sir Julian Hartley responds to proposed government measures outlined in the King's Speech.

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