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Content ArticleTalking General Practice speaks to Dr Helen Garr, medical director of NHS Practitioner Health, the NHS service that looks after doctors and dentists - and also other NHS staff - who are experiencing mental ill health. In this conversation, Helen talk about the impact that pressures on the NHS are having on doctors’ wellbeing and how this is affecting GPs in particular. Helen also explains what doctors and other NHS staff can do if they are suffering from burnout, how to prevent burnout, what people can do if they are worried about a colleague and how NHS Practitioner Health supports doctors who seek help from the service. She also outlines how she thinks the NHS could change to help ensure better mental health for doctors and other staff.
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Content ArticleCrisis resolution teams (CRTs) provide treatment at home to people experiencing mental health crises, as an alternative to hospital admission. This study in the International Journal of Mental Health Nursing aimed to measure whether CRTs adhere to a model of good practice, using one-day fidelity reviews of UK crisis teams. The authors found that despite a national mandate to implement the CRT model, there are wide variations in implementation in the UK and no teams in the sample achieved overall high fidelity.
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EventuntilThe advancing mental health equalities strategy published in September 2020 outlines the core enabling actions NHS England and NHS Improvement will take with the support of the Advancing Mental Health Equalities Taskforce – an alliance of sector experts, including patients and carers, who are committed to creating more equitable access, experience and outcomes in mental health services in England. It sits alongside the NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan 2019/20–2023/24 and as such is similarly focused in scope. This strategy is also an important element of the overall NHS plans to accelerate action to address health inequalities in the next stage of responding to COVID-19. This webinar lead by Dr Jacqui Dyer MBE will introduce advancing mental health equalities strategy and summarise the core actions that NHS England and NHS Improvement will take to bridge the gaps for communities fairing worse than others in mental health services. Register
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EventThis webinar will review the key factors in workplace well-being, and examine these through the lens of COVID-19 and new ways for working. It will discuss the emerging needs of workforces, both psychosocial and practical, before addressing strategies and approaches to support staff during these challenging times. The session will also include an overview of the Access to Work Mental Health Support Service delivered by Able Futures. It will looks at the service’s aims, eligibility criteria and referral process, plus what support and workplace adjustments are available at home, in an office, or other place of work.
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EventuntilThe 2020 MindTech Symposium (#MindTech2020) will be held online as a virtual event for the very first time. The Symposium topic is ‘Digital Mental Health in the Age of Covid-19’ The session times are as follows: Wednesday 2nd December 2020: 8.00pm - 9.00pm: The digital mental health response to COVID-19: A global Perspective Thursday 3rd December 2020: 1st Session 10.00am - 11.30am: A rapid digital response to a global pandemic 2nd Session 1.15pm - 2.30pm: Virtual PPI: the way forward? 3rd Session 3.00pm - 4.00pm: Rethinking mental health services for a brave new world post-COVID-19 Wednesday evening’s opening session will embrace a global perspective on the digital mental health response to COVID-19 and includes international expert panellists Helen Christensen (Australia), John Torous (USA) and Sally Merry (New Zealand). Thursday’s sessions will cover emerging technologies and how they can be harnessed in the ‘new normal’ of mental healthcare in the post-Covid world. Thursday will also host a dedicated session encompassing Patient & Public Involvement (PPI) and user-centred co-design in a virtual world. This session will be delivered by MindTech’s own PPI group. Register
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EventuntilMental ill health will always be a part of many people’s lives but, increasingly, many of the causes of mental ill health can be successfully addressed. Preventive approaches can help to reduce levels of mental ill health in the population and can also mean that more people living with mental health problems are able to stay well and avoid relapse or crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that addressing growing levels of mental ill health is one of the defining public health challenges of our time. Preventive approaches are fundamental to achieving this, but there often needs to be greater clarity about what these mean in practice and how they can be implemented within the NHS, local communities, schools and families. From health promotion to suicide prevention, and from the role of general practitioners to that of local authorities, this conference will bring together experts from all parts of the health and care sector to discuss what prevention means with regard to mental health and how preventive approaches can be applied in practice. Join us to hear from a range of speakers, including academic and policy experts, national body leaders, frontline staff, experts by experience and young people. This event is run in partnership with the Mental Health Foundation. You can watch the sessions live or catch up on demand until Sunday 20 December. Register
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Mental health & COVID-19: The risks to human rights
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untilHuman rights are central to proper mental health care and treatment. Legally, people working in public service, “public officials” (such as NHS staff, local authority staff and the police), have to protect, respect and fulfil your human rights in all of their decisions and actions. This duty to uphold human rights has not changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. This duty to protect human rights is as important as ever, as services are facing increased stress due to the pandemic. COVID-19 has meant that many of the support networks that we all used to use no longer exist in the same way. Added to this some of the changes to mental health law affect the safeguards put in place for people who are receiving mental health care and treatment. For example, changes to the way mental health tribunals are being held in Wales and England. However, any changes that are made to existing laws, even if temporary still need to be compatible with our human rights law. The emergency laws for the COVID-19 period to not provide and opt-out of human rights laws. This means that it is more important than ever that both staff and people accessing mental health services know about human rights and the legal duties of public officials to protect, respect and fulfil them. It is important for all of use to know that our human rights must still be respected, protected and fulfilled during all of our interactions with public services. This webinar, led by Professor Tim Kendall is designed to provide policy makers and the wider health community with the latest evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and how to address it. Registration -
Content ArticleThe minutes from the most recent Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) National Steering Group make for interesting reading for all those in the care home sector. We learn from these that the Government has decided that “now is not the right time” to introduce the care home manager role in England that was previously envisioned under LPS. It had recently been confirmed that the public consultation on the draft regulations and Code of Practice for LPS will be taking place in Spring 2021 and implementation of the LPS is some way off, anticipated to be in April 2022. In the meantime Bevan Brittan provide an update for care home providers that gives the sector some clarity at this earlier stage.
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Content ArticleRisk assessments are a central component of mental health care. Few national studies have been done in the UK on risk assessment tools used in mental health services. In this study, Graney et al. aimed to examine which suicide risk assessment tools are in use in the UK; establish the views of clinicians, carers, and service users on the use of these tools; and identify how risk assessment tools have been used with mental health patients before suicide.
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Content ArticleThis report from the Skills for Health reveals the extensive mental and physical health impact on the NHS, and health and care professionals across the UK, as a result of working and living through COVID-19. It also identifies organisational priorities for recovery, both as the country enters the next phase of the pandemic and for the longer term.
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Content ArticleWith increasing awareness of the importance of good mental health worldwide, attention has focused on the need to overcome the negative perceptions and stigma historically attached to mental health issues. One group that this difficulty has been particularly visible for is men; it is well-established that significantly fewer men are diagnosed with or treated for mental health disorders compared to women, with suicide rates being three times higher in some countries in men than women. Why this crisis in men’s mental health exists is a question with complex answers. It requires a better understanding of how men interact with those around them, why they do (or don’t) access support, as well as other social and cultural factors that influence their health seeking behaviours. Much research has focused on the concept of “masculinity” and the need to question its impact on capacity for emotional communication, service engagement and help-seeking behaviour. Watch the recording of the World Health Organization (WHO) seminar, which took place in Copenhagen, on this complex topic.
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Content ArticleWhen Giancarlo Gaglione’s brother, Lanfranco, died by suicide at the age of 26, it came like a lightning bolt out of the blue. None of his family or friends had noticed anything different about him leading up to the moment he took his own life, and he only confided briefly, a week before, in two people: his best friend and his girlfriend. In this article, the World Health Organization (WHO) focuses on how masculinity norms can discourage men from recognising and seeking help for mental health problems. A new Health Evidence Network (HEN) report on Mental health, men, and culture, launched by the WHO Regional Office for Europe, gives concrete recommendations on how policy-makers can address certain mental health issues arising from traditional patterns of masculinity.
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Content ArticleMany risks faced by patients in acute mental health settings are similar to those that occur in other areas of healthcare, for example medication errors and cross-infection. In addition, however, there are unsafe behaviours associated with serious mental health problems, including violence and self-harm; the measures taken to address these, such as restraint or seclusion, may result in further risks to patient safety. This article by Catherine Gilliver in the Nursing Times discusses the need for a physical and psychosocial environment in which staff, patients and visitors feel recognised and valued.
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Content ArticleIn the UK and Ireland men are three to four times more likely to die by suicide than women. Research also tells us that men who are less well-off and living in the most deprived areas are up to 10 times more likely to die by suicide than more well-off men from affluent areas .Middle-aged men in the UK and Ireland also experience higher suicide rates than other groups, a fact that has persisted for decades. The Samaritans carried out in-depth ethnographic interviews with 16 less well-off middle aged men across the UK and Ireland to find out the challenges they faced and the events which lead them to crisis point. The study explored what these men said worked for them when they came into contact with with support services. This is the first of two connected reports. The second report, due to be released later in 2020, will set out recommendations of how services can effectively engage and support men earlier in their lives, before they reach crisis
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Content ArticleSurveys show that men with ‘macho’ attitudes are more likely to have mental health problems. Jim Pollard argues that reducing the alarming male suicide rates requires a new language as well as new services.
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Samaritans: Real people, real stories
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Men's health
In a recent survey from the Samaritans, men gave the reasons why they were struggling to cope: 42% of men said that pandemic restrictions have had a negative impact on their mental health. 40% of men said that talking to others helped with concerns and worries they had during the pandemic. We understand the power of human connection and how talking can help when you’re finding life tough. The Samaritans have collated real stories from men who have been through tough times, encouraging other men to seek help. -
Content ArticleThe aim of this study from Choi et al. was to investigate the scope and severity of the second victim problem among nurses in South Korea by examining the experiences and effects of patient safety incidents (PSIs) on them. The study found a considerable number of nurses experienced psychological difficulties due to PSIs at levels that could interfere with their work. The effect of PSIs on nurses with direct experience of PSIs was greater compared with those with indirect experience. There need to be psychological support programmes for nurses to alleviate the negative effects of PSIs.
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Content ArticleAccessing social care and social support services is key to support the well-being of people living with dementia (PLWD) and unpaid carers. COVID-19 has caused sudden closures or radical modifications of these services, and is resulting in prolonged self-isolation. The aim of this study from Giebel et al., published in Aging and Mental Health, was to explore the effects of COVID-19 related social care and support service changes and closures on the lives of PLWD and unpaid carers. Fifty semi-structured interviews were conducted with unpaid carers. The study found that PLWD and carers need to receive specific practical and psychological support during the pandemic to support their well-being, which is severely affected by public health restrictions.
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Content ArticleThis report is an update on the Care Quality Commission's (CQC's) work looking at the quality of, and access to, mental health services for children and young people.
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Content ArticleThis report seeks to inform the six-month review of the Coronavirus legislation required by the Coronavirus Act 2020 along with any future response to a “second wave” of the virus later this year. The report begins by setting out the legislative framework in play, then focuses on the following themes and rights: Human rights impact of the lockdown (Articles 8, 9, 10 and 11 ECHR) The right to life, including both the substantive and procedural duties on government (Articles 2 and 3 ECHR) and the right to health which has been (partially) incorporated within the positive obligation to secure the right to life. Issues in relation to detention settings (Articles 5, 8, 3 and 2 ECHR) Contact tracing and privacy rights (Articles 8 and 14 ECHR) Access to justice (Articles 6 and 2 ECHR) Children’s rights —the right to education (Article 2 of Protocol 1 ECHR) and the right to family life (Article 8 ECHR) The report also reflects on the challenge of ensuring the emergency legislation required in response to the outbreak was subject to appropriate parliamentary scrutiny and review. Follow the link below to read the full report including conclusions and recommendations.
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Content ArticleThis statement has been developed and signed by several long COVID patient groups. It outlines a number of their concerns regarding approaches to treatment, in particular, the fear that psychological treatments will be favoured over clinical investigation.
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Content ArticleWith the possibility of a spike in COVID-19 cases this winter, doctors, nurses and medical staff may be coming in feeling already depleted from an uncontrolled pandemic. Guest host Dan Gorenstein of the Tradeoffs podcast talks with Dr Albert Wu, co-director of RISE (Resilience in Stressful Events) which provides emotional support to health system staff. Gorenstein and Wu talk about why health care workers may have low reserves right now, how COVID may be changing perceived stigma around mental health support for frontline workers and what institutions can do to ensure the well-being and resilience of all staff."Asking people to be heroic over and over again, to run back into the fire multiple times, gets harder each time" (Dr Wu).This is a podcast called Public Health on Call, produced by John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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Content ArticleCOVID-19 brings an enormous set of challenges to hospitals around the world. One challenge in particular, the current mental state of healthcare workers, is now taking centre stage as clinicians face delivering difficult news to patients and their families about what is happening, what to expect, and how to prepare. ECRI and RLDatix came together to deliver a special webcast led by Dr Tim McDonald, an expert on Communication and Optimal Resolution (CANDOR). A recording of the webinar can be viewed below.
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Content ArticleStaff burnout was concern number 3 from ECRI’s Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2019. This paper discusses staff burnout and the impact this can have on patient safety.
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Content ArticleThe World Health Organization (WHO) is actively exploring the role of compassion in quality health care. This Global Health Compassion Rounds (GHCR) highlighted the compelling evidence around compassion and quality care—not only for patients, but also for providers and health care organisations. Respondents offered their views of the implications of this evidence at national, district, and community levels of care.
