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The Scotsman on MSN.com · 5d

The Scotland NHS board shamed for 6-year wait for mental health treatment

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BBC on MSN.com · 4d

GPs warn £290m funding gap threatens future of NHS

Scotland's doctors have claimed a £290m funding gap for GP surgeries threatens the future of the NHS. The British Medical Association (BMA) Scotland said GPs' share of the health service budget has fallen every year against inflation since 2008 and they cannot afford to hire more staff to cope with increasing demand.
Icon for www.aol.comAOL · 20d

‘NHS mental health services failed my inspiring daughter – I don’t want other patients to suffer the same fate’

The wards were the two inpatient mental health units for working age adults under the Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust until the Hartington Unit’s services transferred to the new ...
The Scottish Sun · 2d

Inside the £6m NHS fraud plot that started with ‘cash in hand homer’ in garden shed

A FRAUDSTER set up a fledgling firm at the heart of a corrupt NHS cash plot in his mum’s garden shed – with the help of a late health service telecoms boss, we can reveal. Gavin Brown
Icon for pharmaphorum.compharmaphorum · Oct 14, 2021

Digital therapeutics world first for Big Health in Scotland

NHS Scotland will offer the digital health ... Dr Charlotte Lee, Big Health’s UK director, said: “As demand for mental health services continues to rise, innovative countries like Scotland ...
Icon for www.manchester.ac.ukUniversity of Manchester · May 9, 2024

Better NHS services reduce suicide rates

The results show that NHS services and mental health professionals are likely to ... on behalf of the funding bodies of the Department of Health, NHSSPS Northern Ireland, NHS Scotland and NHS Wales to undertake the Mental Health Clinical Outcome Review ...
STV News · 4d

SNP ‘failing generation of young people’ amid long mental health waits – Labour

A freedom of information request by Scottish Labour found the longest wait for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) was in NHS Lothian, where a patient in 2024 was recorded as waiting 2,291 days.
Icon for www.stylist.co.ukStylist · Feb 21, 2022

Mental health: NHS leaders call for coronavirus recovery plan

the virus is leaving a growing legacy of poor mental health that services are not equipped to deal with adequately at present,” said Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation.
Icon for www.nursingtimes.netNursing Times · Apr 1, 2025

Scottish NHS plan met with scepticism from nursing leaders

A new NHS improvement ... by April 2025, that health boards had plans for developing new frailty services and expanding existing ones. As part of this, by summer 2025, the government wants every core emergency department in Scotland to have specialist ...
Daily Record on MSN.com · 1d

NHS Forth Valley want residents to have say on ten-year health plan

NHS bosses say the plan looks at the "bigger picture" and will see more joined up services to prevent ill health
Icon for www.stylist.co.ukStylist · Jul 13, 2021

The serious impact of NHS mental health bed cuts on the patients who need them

The number of NHS ... to her mental health before – she lives with bipolar disorder, a condition she says “results in at least one form of admission or interaction with crisis services a ...
East Lothian Courier · 19h

Musselburgh NHS 24 call handler wins national award

Alison Rafferty, from Musselburgh, was presented with the Call Handler of the Year Award at NHS 24's annual Call Handler and Operator Day celebrations. She was chosen by the head
Icon for www.business-reporter.co.ukbusiness-reporter.co.uk · Jul 17, 2023

Tackling the mental health crisis: how the private sector can help improve NHS mental health services

With that increase in need for specialist mental health services, at Cygnet Health Care we want to be part of the solution, and work with the NHS to provide the best treatment and facilities to help people on their recovery journey. Meeting this challenge ...
Icon for www.yorkpress.co.ukThe Press · 4d

Luke Charters calls for review of mental health services by NHS trust

A York MP has met with the health secretary and called for a review of mental health services provided by an NHS trust in the city. Luke Charters, MP for York Outer, told The Press he has “heard ...
Icon for www.heraldscotland.comheraldscotland · 5d

Mental health inquiry into patient deaths to hear from health and safety execs

An inquiry into the deaths of more than 2,000 people while under the care of mental health services in Essex is to ... The Lampard Inquiry is examining deaths at NHS-run children and adult ...
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Jun 8, 2022

How does the UK care for refugees’ mental health?

Dr Arian has guest edited a special programme for 5 Live Drive, exploring how access to NHS mental health services could be improved for refugees. Dr Arian as a child and now as an A&E doctor.
Icon for uk.news.yahoo.comYahoo News UK · 5d

Youth NHS Lothian patient waits over six years for mental health treatment

Across Scotland there are kids waiting not months ... the Scottish Government allocated £123.5 million recurring funding to NHS Boards to support increased access to mental health services, including CAMHS, and in December 2024, the 18-week CAMHS standard ...
Daily Record on MSN.com · 5d

NHS Lanarkshire backing Scots new national suicide prevention public awareness campaign

NHS Lanarkshire is supporting Scotland’s new national suicide prevention public awareness campaign. The initiative went live on the same day the Suicide Prevention Scotland's new website was launched.
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Oct 17, 2023

A mental health first aid kit for parents: Who to ask and what to do

According to charity The Mental Health Foundation ... London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and The Maudsley Charity. There are other helplines, textlines and online services available that ...
Icon for www.thenorthernecho.co.ukThe Northern Echo · Mar 27, 2025

Share of NHS spending on mental health to fall next year, says Streeting

This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of ...
Icon for www.dailyrecord.co.ukDaily Record · 7d

Dumfries and Galloway mental health service named one of Scotland's top nursing teams

A Dumfries and Galloway mental health service has been named one of the top nursing teams in Scotland ... and sport from Dumfries and Galloway. NHS Dumfries and Galloway general manager for ...
BBC on MSN.com · 3d

Poor mental health a 'common phenomenon' in healthcare staff

Mr Sidhu said he came to learn that this is "a common phenomenon" within healthcare professions. A memorial tree dedicated to healthcare workers who have died by suicide is to be planted at a GP surgery in north Belfast on Wednesday. Mr Sidhu said he felt a duty to take action when he heard statistics.
ManchesterWorld on MSN.com · 1d

The mental health of jurors must not be forgotten, urges BPS

The BPS continues to be concerned that jurors who are exposed to distressing evidence in court, sometimes over several months, are particularly at risk. Jurors can potentially go without psychological support throughout a case and can be 'dropped' at the end of their service, with no support available.
Icon for www.express.co.ukDaily Express · 5d

The NHS will now test all 'trans' children for autism and evaluate their mental health

The NHS will reportedly test ... A review into gender identity services for young people by paediatrician Baroness Cass found these mental health conditions were disproportionately common among ...
Icon for www.express.co.ukDaily Express · Apr 3, 2025

Audit finds 40% of NHS mental health patients languishing on waiting lists

The devastating reality of appalling NHS mental health services is laid bare in a shocking report showing people are waiting too long and not able to access care they need when they need it.
Icon for www.manchester.ac.ukUniversity of Manchester · Apr 21, 2016

Improvements in NHS mental health care in England may have helped to reduce suicide rates

In this study, the authors analysed the impact of 16 recommendations and service changes in all NHS mental health services across England on patient suicide rates between 1997 and 2012. They also looked at whether suicide deaths were related to the way ...
Icon for www.dailymail.co.ukDaily Mail · Oct 4, 2011

NHS 'guilty of institutional racism'

The inquiry's report, due to be presented to Parliament next week, will brand the treatment of members of the ethnic minorities by NHS mental health services "a disgrace", according to The Guardian.
Icon for www.dailymail.co.ukDaily Mail · 19d

NHS guilty of institutional racism

The Guardian newspaper today said it had obtained a leak of the report which branded the treatment of members of the ethnic minorities by NHS mental health services AS "a disgrace" and urged ...