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      Tag Archives | Mental Health Act 1983

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      Adults, Children, Social work leaders

      An update on the Mental Health Bill’s passage through Parliament

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      Mental Health. Stress, tension, relationships and work environment concept. Man's hand, holding magnifying glass

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      Lack of staff and beds leading to ‘harmful’ gaps in mental healthcare, warns CQC

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      Social work opinion split over police involvement in mental health incidents, poll finds

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      Adults, Social work leaders

      AMHPs voice safety concerns over police withdrawal from mental health incidents

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      The Houses of Parliament in London

      Adults, Children, Social work leaders

      How the government plans to reform the Mental Health Act 1983

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      Mental Health. Stress, tension, relationships and work environment concept. Man's hand, holding magnifying glass

      Adults, Children, Social work leaders

      Bill to overhaul ‘outdated’ Mental Health Act introduced

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      Metropolitan Police flashing blue lights image

      Adults, Social work leaders

      10% drop in section 136 detention numbers linked to policy limiting police response to mental ill-health

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      Mental health practitioner and client

      Adults, Children

      ‘You don’t just sign section papers’: project to evidence value of AMHP role starts work

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      King Charles delivering the 2023 King's Speech in Parliament

      Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

      Law to bolster child protection announced in Labour’s first King’s Speech

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      Mental health practitioner and client

      Adults, Children

      Bolstering AMHP role can ‘vastly reduce’ detention numbers under existing MHA, say service heads

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      Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

      Mental health leads hail project to highlight impact of AMHP work

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      Blocks spelling out the word 'funding'

      Adults, Social work leaders

      Conservative manifesto pledge to implement cap on care costs is unfunded, warns think-tank

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      Pad of paper with 'staff shortages' written on it

      Social work leaders, Workforce

      AMHP workforce 35% short of what is needed for 24-hour service, say leads

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      Care minister Helen Whately

      Adults, Children, Social work leaders

      Revised MCA code of practice ‘still under discussion’ two years after consultation on changes

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      Melanie Williams

      Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

      Reform Mental Health Act and implement LPS: new ADASS head’s message to next government

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      Mental Health. Stress, tension, relationships and work environment concept. Man's hand, holding magnifying glass

      Adults, Children

      Mental Health Act reform: where the government stands

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