NEW www.mhdebt.info A new booklet - 'Final Demand' has been produced for health workers to help them deal with patients debt issues, supported by a website of resources and links

NEW The online community & resource for Crisis Resolution Teams. http://www.crisis-point.co.uk:80/

A Positive Outlook: A good practice toolkit to improve discharge from inpatient mental health care

From: Care Services Improvement Partnership

"This publication provides practical guidance and innovative practice examples to help local services improve discharge and reduce the level of delays experienced by adults and older people in mental health services."

Go to: http://kc.csip.org.uk/viewdocument.php?action=viewdox&pid=0&doc=33825&grp=1

http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psychiatric-nursing.html Psychiatric Nursing site run by email

Mental Health Nurse http://www.mentalhealthnurse.co.uk/more_info.asp?current_id=105

A new resource for families dealing with mental illness (A teaching programme from Australia for professionals) http://w3.ouhsc.edu/safeprogram/

Support for professionals http://www.dsn.org.uk/

NEW Clear Thoughts www.clearthoughts.info is the name and website address for
the ¹mental health in learning disability knowledge centre¹ project.

Service User involvement (Camden website) http://www.camdenpct.nhs.uk/about/user_involvement.htm

The right to be consulted Carer – Patient and Public involvement Section 11 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 which places a duty on NHS trusts, Primary Care Trusts and Strategic Health Authorities - to make arrangements to involve and consult patients and the public in service planning and operation, and in the development of proposals for changes.

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Policyandguidance/Organisationpolicy/PatientAndPublicinvolvement/Involvingpatientspublichealthcare/DH_4093411

Star Wards

Star Wards is working with partner organisations to help animate acute mental health wards, to improve patients' quality of time and treatment outcomes. It has collected a range of practical ideas for substantially improving inpatients' daily experiences. They range from the fun (regular comedy evenings) to the functional - a core programme of activities.

National Service Framework for Long-term Conditions This NSF has now been published. It sets out 11 quality requirements to change the provision of health and social care to enable people to live as independently as possible and to improve quality of life. These include support for family and carers.  See www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/10/53/69/04105369.pdf

Delivering the NHS improvement plan The DOH has published information about how it will deliver the NHS Improvement Plan (June 2004). It describes a change in culture from a service which does things to and for patients to one in which the service works with the patient to support them with their health needs. See "Creating a Patient-led NHS: Delivering the NHS Improvement Plan" www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/10/65/07/04106507.pdf

Mental Capacity Act 2005 This received Royal Assent on the 7th April and is due to be implemented in 2007. Its provisions will replace current schemes for Enduring Powers of Attorney and Court of Protection Receivers. The Act is underpinned by 5 principles: 

q       A presumption of capacity  

q       Right for people to be supported to make their own decisions  

q       Right to make seemingly eccentric/unwise decisions

q       Anything done for someone without capacity must be in their best interests  

q       Anything done for someone without capacity should be least restrictive of his or her basic rights and freedom

The Act is available on  www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts2005/20050009.htm

Code of Practice for the Mental Capacity Act 2005 Certain parts of the Act start in April 2007 and the rest come into force in October 2007. For more details go to http://www.dca.gov.uk/menincap/legis.htm#timetable

Difference between capacity consent and impairment

An interesting discussion follows on the difference between capacity, consent and impairment. http://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?id=2007-01-10a.228.6

keeping in touch with the discussion in the House of Lords by  watching it on http://www.parliamentlive.tv

The Code is available at http://www.dca.gov.uk/capacity/index.htm.

Informed consent: when is it appropriate to medicate a patient?

http://www.psychiatrysource.com/HotTopic/Informed-consent-when-is-it-appropriate-to-medicat.aspx?l1=&l2

Equal Treatment investigation To read the full report, the conclusions of our Inquiry Panel and investigation evidence reports and to find out more about our work on health please go to www.drc-gb.org/healthinvestigation  

If you have any particular questions or issues you would like to discuss please email us at healthfi@drc-gb.org  

For general information on making health services accessible to disabled people, download the joint Department of Health/DRC booklet ‘You can make a difference’ at www.drc-gb.org/makeadifference  Equal Treatment investigation publications.  

The publications below are available electronically at www.drc-gb.org/healthinvestigation

NEW www.mentalhealthnurse.co.uk The site has many resources and links to resources and information.

NEW www.mentalhealthnursingstuff.co.uk Site owned by a cpn

NEW  http://www.bangor.ac.uk/mindfulness/reading.html the north wales centre for mindfulness research and practice

http://www.mhhe.ltsn.ac.uk/guides/refs.asp?version=xt includes payments to carer and service user info

The 'Child And Adolescent Mental Health – A Guide For Healthcare Professionals' is available to download at

http://www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/Childadolescentmentalhealth

  http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/mind/stories/s1120234.htm
Maori Mental Health Registrar Training Website. Other links 
http://teiho.org/Default.aspx?instanceId=5844
There are some fantastic Maori mental health documents as well:
http://www.govt.nz/record?recordid=1259

http://www.rmhldni.gov.uk Review of Mental Health & Learning Disability Website.  document can be downloaded directly from http://www.rmhldni.gov.uk/learning_disability.asp

www.mhhe.ltsn.ac.uk is a very good website if you are interested in issues around how mental health is taught

www.penumbra.org Quote: I'm lucky enough to benefit from Respite care in Scotland which comes under the umbrella of an organisation called Penumbra. The model they work to is excellent 

http://www.p-jones.demon.co.uk/Hodges' Health Career - Care Domains - Model 100s of links for professionals

  www.tidal-model.co.uk  or www.clan.unity.co.uk  Other models used by health professionals 

  http://www.newhealth.govt.nz/toolkits/mentalhealth.htm  'Falloon Model' 

  http://www.critpsynet.freeuk.com/Pilgrim.htm THE BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL MODEL IN ANGLO-AMERICAN PSYCHIATRY: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE?