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

Some 1.7 million patients are waiting for community mental health care – with more than 48,000 waiting more than two years to be seen

The Independent UK

Stretched services leaving psychiatrists ‘in emotional and ethical distress’

A survey of RCPsych members found almost three-quarters felt they had made decisions based on factors other than what is in a patient’s best interest.

The Independent UK

Questions over psychiatrist shortages amid assisted dying legislation changes

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater tabled changes last week involving the scrapping of a High Court judge in favour of a three-person expert panel.

Evening Standard

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Too many people with eating disorders are being failed, say group of MPs

MPs said there has been an alarming rise in eating disorders in the past decade and there is ‘widespread neglect’ in services.

Evening Standard

One in three consultant child psychiatrist posts in England are vacant, analysis shows

Child and adolescent mental health services have highest vacancy rates of any psychiatric specialism

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s mental health reforms a ‘lip service’ that could worsen racial inequalities, experts warn

Exclusive: Labour government has yet to commit to funding levels for mental health promised under the Tories

The Independent UK

Doctors say UK’s immigration system risks ‘re-traumatising’ asylum seekers

Exclusive: Royal College of Psychiatrists calls for review of laws, saying Labour has ‘moral and ethical obligation’ to protect those seeking sanctuary in UK

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Does England’s Mental Health Act need reform in light of CQC review?

After report found ‘errors and misjudgments’ in Valdo Calocane case, how can mental health care be improved?

The Guardian - UK

Record number of NHS mental health patients kept in hospitals longer than necessary

Lack of care and support leaves patients stranded on units when they are clinically ready to be discharged

The Guardian - UK

Mental health advance choice documents ‘would reduce sectioning’

Expert says treatment plans set out while patients are well should be included in Mental Health Act reforms in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

City Hall hears 'grave concerns' over change in police response to mental health calls

Representatives from mental health organisations said that while they support the approach in principle, they were worried about its roll-out

Evening Standard

Children’s emergency mental health referrals in England soar by 53%

NHS data exposing a ‘devastating explosion’ of mental illness should be a ‘wake-up call’ for the government, MPs and health leaders say

The Guardian - UK

Mental health ‘top reason for children contacting Childline’

Mental and emotional health and wellbeing was the main reason children contacted the NSPCC service in 2022/23.

The Independent UK

Police in England and Wales to reduce response to mental health-related calls

Response to mental health calls to be cut down to 20 to 30 per cent

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The Independent UK

Plans to cut back on police attending mental health callouts

Ministers said it is up to police forces in England and Wales along with healthcare boards to work out when and how to put the changes into place.

The Independent UK

The mental health patients dying on NHS wards from starvation and neglect

Investigation: Scores of patients in mental health units have died from physical illnesses that could have been avoided. Rebecca Thomas uncovers systemic issues in the health service that experts say are leading to the neglect of the vulnerable

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