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News from
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NHS
Induced abortion and mental health: a
systematic review
A systematic review looking at induced abortion and mental
health has been published, developed for the Academy of Medical
Royal Colleges by the National
Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, funded by the
Department of Health. The purpose of the review was to examine the
relationship between induced abortion and mental health problems.
It concluded that having an abortion does not increase the risk
of mental health problems. The best current evidence suggests that
it makes no difference to a woman’s mental health whether she
chooses to have an abortion or to continue with the pregnancy. Dr
Kate Guthrie, RCOG spokesperson, said: “We welcome this new review
which includes the latest evidence. The RCOG recently revised its
own guidelines on the
care of women requesting induced abortion, which reflected the
above findings.
Transforming sickness support will
boost productivity and the economy
NHS Evidence: recruiting External
Advisers
NHS Evidence, the web-based
portal to clinical and non clinical evidence and best practice
provided by the National Institute for Health and Clinical
Excellence, is seeking to recruit new External Advisers for its
accreditation scheme. The accreditation programme recognises
sources of guidance with robust processes for guideline production.
The aim being to give users confidence in the information available
and to help drive up standards. A key step in the accreditation
process is external adviser’s independent scrutiny of our own
technical assessment of guideline production processes. The
decision to accredit a guidance producer is then made by an
independent Accreditation Advisory Committee, based on our
technical assessment, external adviser input and feedback from the
guidance producer. If you have expertise in guidance development
and are interested in applying please email for further
information or go to the website.
NICE
Home Office - Missing children and
adults: a cross Government strategy
The Home Office has published a report Missing
children and adults: a cross Government strategy to
provide better protection and support for missing people and their
families. The report outlines the roles and responsibilities for
government and local agencies including police, local authorities
and health services in tackling the issue.
Parliamentary update
Lords Second Reading - Mental
Health (Discrimination) Bill
The Government has supported the
Mental Health (Discrimination) Bill. The Bill aims to
repeal four areas of discrimination against mental health in UK
laws and regulations. These relate to MPs, School Governors,
Jurors, and Company Directors.
Department of Health
- Personal Health Budgets Learning Network - NHS operating
framework 2012/13
- Joint Strategic Needs Assessment and joint health and wellbeing
strategies explained
- New institute to help narrow the health gap
- Report from the Forensic & Challenging Behaviour Product
Review Sub-Group
- Health Research Authority
- 60 new outcomes targets for NHS
- NHS publish latest version of Mental Health Minimum
Dataset
Care Quality Commission: review of
services for people with learning disabilities
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Mental Health Act Annual Report
2010/11
The
second annual report on the use of the Mental Health Act covers
findings from April 2010 to March 2011 and includes information
about the use of the Act and the areas where the CQC believes
improvement is needed.
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Review of services
for people with learning disabilities
The CQC has published the first of five
reports from
a programme of 150 unannounced inspections of hospitals and care
homes that look after people with learning disabilities.
Integrated care between health and social
services can improve
An
Audit Commission briefing has found significant differences in
the types of care received by people aged 65 and over across the
country. It shows that despite the strong focus for many years on
improving joint working across the NHS and social care, progress
remains patchy.
Report sheds light on violence and
trauma in young people's lives
Young people convicted of serious acts of violence during
their childhoods talk about their experiences of trauma and
violence in a new report from the Centre for Crime and Justice.
My Story: Young
people talk about trauma and violence in their lives
offers a unique insight into the kind of severe, multiple and
prolonged trauma experienced by many who while still children go on
to perpetrate serious, violent acts.
Better Mental Health in a Bigger
Society?
A report from the Mental Health Providers Forum explores and
identifies the overlaps between Big Society ideas and changes that
many people with mental health difficulties have long argued
for.
News from the General Medical
Council
2012 Hippocrates Awards for Poetry and
Medicine
Entries are now open for the 2012 Hippocrates Prize for
poetry and medicine for unpublished poems in English. There
are two categories: one for UK health professionals, the other an
open international category. With a 1st prize for the winning
poem in each category of £5,000, there is also a 2nd prize of
£1,000, 3rd prize of £500, and 20 commendations each of £50. The
deadline for entries is 31 January 2012, awards to be presented at
the Wellcome Collection in London on 12 May
2012.
NHS Confederation: Social media and
mental health services
Joining in the conversation - social media and mental health
services looks at social media innovations underway in
healthcare as a whole and highlights case studies from Mental
Health Network member organisations.
World Psychiatric Association: New
report on antidepressants for acute depression
An international group of clinicians have produced an
executive report for the WPA which looks at how well
antidepressants work in the acute treatment of
depression.
World Association of Cultural
Psychiatry (WACP): Trainee Day 2012
World Association of Cultural Psychiatry Conference Trainee Day
2012 will be held at Queen Mary, University of London on 7 March
2012. The WACP 2012 Trainee day will
include a ‘Trainee Research Competition’. Delegates are invited to
submit poster abstracts of no
more than 250 words by 16 January
2012. All posters will
be displayed on the day and during the main conference. The best
abstracts, including those that have been submitted through the
conference registration page will be selected for oral presentation
in the Trainee Research Competition.
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