07/01/2025: Social work opinion split over police involvement in mental health incidents, poll finds
Following an evaluation of the right care, right person policy, we asked social workers their opinion on police withdrawing from mental health incidents.
07/01/2025: Child mental health crisis: Better resilience is the solution, say experts
Jane Graham has been a school nurse for nearly 20 years – and during this time the nature of her work has completely changed. “When I started, the majority of the support we provided was for physical health, like asthma, allergic reactions and injuries,” she says. “Now it’s mental health.”
07/01/2025: Revenge Porn Helpline Welcomes New Legislation to Criminalise the Creation and Sharing of Deepfakes But Still Raises Concern Amid Remaining Gaps
The Revenge Porn Helpline welcomes the UK Government’s recent announcement to introduce new offences targeting the creation and sharing of sexually explicit ‘deepfake’ images and other forms of non-consensual intimate image abuse.
02/01/2025: Urgent referrals of children in mental health crisis in England rise 13% in year
Charity says NHS failure to help more young people sooner is a ‘shocking betrayal’.
19/12/2024: Covid Inquiry to hear children’s personal accounts of loneliness and lost learning
The Covid Inquiry is to hear children’s first-hand accounts of life during the pandemic and lockdowns following the completion of a project to collect hundreds of their stories.
11/12/2024: Puberty blockers for under-18s banned indefinitely
The ban on giving puberty blockers to under-18s questioning their gender identify is to be made permanent, Health Secretary Wes Streeting has announced.
11/12/2024: Services will shut, Mencap warns on National Insurance rise
A leading charity that supports people with learning disabilities says it may be forced to stop running at least 60 of its services as a result of increasing National Insurance costs.
09/12/2024: Puberty blockers: Can a drug trial solve one of medicine’s most controversial debates?
It is among the most delicate and controversial challenges in modern medicine – how to determine whether the benefits of puberty blockers (or drugs that delay puberty) outweigh the potential harms.
08/12/2024: ‘I want to show teens it’s ok to talk’
A 13-year-old boy who is starring in a short film about mental health has said he hopes it will show teenagers that it is “okay to talk”.
05/12/2024: Welcome Rise Of Numbers In Drug & Alcohol Treatment
2023/24 treatment stats show welcome (7%) rise in numbers in drug & alcohol treatment.