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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

Handing NHS staff police powers to detain mental health patients would have dangerous consequences, health bodies warn

A group of health organisation said that changes to the Mental Health Bill would cause ‘significant harm with dangerous consequences’

The Independent UK

Plans for NHS staff to restrain those in mental health crisis ‘dangerous’, medics say

Royal College of Psychiatrists and British Medical Association among those saying risks mean police must always attend

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Passing police detention powers to NHS staff ‘could cause significant harm’

Proposed changes mean powers could be transferred to health professionals to detain and restrain people in a mental health crisis.

Evening Standard

There is still time for amendments to be made to the assisted dying bill – but it deserves to pass

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Kim Leadbeater, the sponsor of this private member’s bill, should continue to try to meet the concerns expressed in good faith by its critics

The Independent UK

Doctors raise concerns over assisted dying Bill ahead of return to Parliament

The Bill, which relates to England and Wales, will come before MPs in the House of Commons on Friday for its report stage.

Evening Standard

Medics sound alarm over planned funding cuts to ‘vital’ eating disorder services

The Royal College of Psychiatrists raised particular concerns about early access to treatment.

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Kim Leadbeater’s appeal to critics not to use parliamentary process to kill her assisted dying bill

Exclusive: In an interview with The Independent, Kim Leadbeater said she shares ‘genuine concerns’ about ensuring safeguards are strong but says MPs must be able to give their final verdict at third reading

The Independent UK

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

Assisted dying bill amendment aims to close potential ‘anorexia loophole’

Exclusive: Concerns raised that wording of law could result in people with eating disorders using it to end their lives

The Guardian - UK

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

Scottish NHS boards pay up to £837 an hour for locums amid psychiatry crisis

Quarter of posts in adult psychiatry vacant, forcing hospitals to rely on expensive private cover

The Guardian - UK

‘No care left in the system’: patients on use of locum psychiatrists in Scotland

Patients angry at getting contradictory advice, inconsistent care and facing indifference from locums, survey finds

The Guardian - UK

To reduce suicide rates, we need to reach people

Letters: Dr Jeya Balakrishna of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and Dr Chris Allen of Maidenhead Men in Sheds on the news that suicide rates in England and Wales are at a 25-year high

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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 - US

Junk science is cited in abortion ban cases. Researchers are fighting the ‘fatally flawed’ works

Researchers are calling for the retraction of misleading anti-abortion studies that could influence judges in critical cases

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: disputed medical terms used to explain dozens of deaths after police restraint in UK

Campaigners says ‘excited delirium’ and ‘acute behavioural disturbance’ play into racist stereotypes

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Abuse is main driver of mental ill health in women and girls, say psychiatrists

Findings from survey of UK practitioners may explain why many more women than men suffer from a range of conditions

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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 Independent UK

Stephen Fry says psychiatry ‘saved his life’ as he backs campaign for profession

It comes amid a ‘mental health emergency’ in England, according to the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

The Independent UK

‘More support needed’ to protect mental health of babies and young children

The report from the Royal College of Psychiatrists said ‘early action is vital’ and made a number of recommendations.

The Independent UK

‘You’re just going to leave me to die’: Harrowing plea of anorexia patient told she was ‘too thin’ for help

Amy is one of what experts fear is a growing number of patients turned away from treatment as stretched services ‘ration’ help in an effort to manage demand. Health correspondent Rebecca Thomas reports

The Independent UK

‘Institutional racism is rife’ in NHS, says psychiatry chief

Outgoing RCP president says doctors of ethnic minority backgrounds face pay gaps and a glass ceiling

The Independent UK

NHS ‘must do much more to stamp out racism in all its forms’

Outgoing Royal College of Psychiatrists president Dr Adrian James believes doctors from ethnic minority backgrounds face pay gaps and a glass ceiling.

The Independent UK

Concerns raised as thousands of mental health patients forced to travel miles for treatment: ‘Dehumanising’

Sending vulnerable patients far from home and loved ones hampers their recovery and heightens risk, policy analyst say

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