Improvements at York child mental health ward - but more work needed, says watchdog

Improvements have been made at Mill Lodge, a children’s mental health ward run by the Leeds and York Partnership NHS ...
Reuters

UK mental wards may do more harm than good: Lancet

LONDON (Reuters) - Many mental health wards in Britain may do more harm than good and on some, patients are subjected to violence, verbal abuse and sexual harassment, according to special reports in ...

Mental health trust to help patients stop smoking

A grant is to be used to provide better health outcomes for mental health patients who smoke.
Care Quality Commission

CQC publishes reports for child and adolescent mental health wards at Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has improved the rating for child and adolescent mental health wards (CAMHS), run by Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust from requires improvement to good ...
University of Bristol

Researchers join forces with families to make sure loved ones have better mental health support

Hannah has been fighting for more than 15 years to help ensure her son receives the mental health care and help he needs.
AOL.co.uk

Historic ward closes after more than 150 years

A mental health ward at a hospital in Surrey has closed after more than 150 years. Victoria Ward, at the Grade II listed Farnham Road Hospital in Guildford, opened in 1866, making it the oldest ward ...

Elderly mental health patient choked to death at Poole hospital

AN ELDERLY man who choked to death on a mental health ward has prompted calls for action by the coroner.
AOL

Mental health care ‘being rationed’ over failure to cut spiralling waiting list, top doctor warns

Mental health care is being rationed because the government is failing to tackle the spiralling waiting list, the UK’s top psychiatrist has warned, with 48,000 people facing delays of more than two ...