Older People’s access to mental health care is a growing problem that can’t be ignored
NDTi’s Mental Health Lead, Kate Linsky responds to today’s BJGP Study which evidences the difficulty for older people to access psychological therapy services.
News (Mental Health)
Supporting a better path to adult life for young people with additional needs
Alice recently emailed us about her son who has Asperger’s. At our request she has written a blog to highlight some of the challenges her son and her family have faced over the years.
Co-production benefits long-term health conditions
A new report commissioned by the NHS East of England highlights 8 important lessons for those trying to implement co-production strategies within the health sector.
The Green Light Toolkit
The Green Light Toolkit to improve mental health services for People with Learning Disabilities and/or Autism was launched by the Department for Health at Learning Disabilities Today in London on 28th November 2013.
What’s the problem with personalisation and mental health?
If we reflect on the main challenges that less than ten years ago prompted personalisation as a policy concept, they were about: people needing more control over their lives and services,
Research into Investment in Employment Support for Disabled People
NDTi has today published interim findings from research into the cost effectiveness of local authority and NHS investment in employment supports for people with learning disabilities and people with mental health problems.
Five Things to Learn from Panorama’s Dementia Exposé
OK, this is a longer blog than usual, but Monday night’s Panorama programme about an elderly lady with dementia being abused and neglected in a care home made me angry
Employment Support for Disabled People
The National Development Team for Inclusion have been granted funding from the National Institute for Health Research‟s School of Social Care Research (SSCR) to carry out a two year study into the cost effectiveness of different models of employment support for disabled people, including those with mental health problems.