NHS North West

Mental Health News


To promote the sharing of information across the mental health community in the North West the Mental Health Improvement Programme (MHIP), NHS North West, sends out news items about activities relating to mental health and mental health service development. The items are sent in the form of a regular e-bulletin, going out to an extensive network of contacts.

You can subscribe to the bulletin by clicking on this link: subscribemhipnews@northwest.nhs.uk

Past items can be accessed by clicking the links below.

November 2009

Issue 070 Releasing time to care project
Issue 069 beyondblue is beyond expectations!
Issue 068 User and carer involvement in commissioning
Issue 067 North West Mental Health in Later Life
Issue 066 Acute Declaration
Issue 065 Comple@t is my cup of tea
Issue 064 PSA 16 Individual Placement Support (IPS)
Issue 063 Football legends support It’s a Goal in Blackpool
Issue 062 Collective Voice North West listens to Manchester
Issue 061 Promise North West event
Issue 060 It’s a Goal kicks off across the North West

October 2009

Issue 059 Clinical Pathway Group update
Issue 058 Bank End Farm project
Issue 057 CAMHs Practice Diploma - evaluation of impact on service
Issue 056 Social prescibing in Salford
Issue 055 Annual LIT Self Assessment
Issue 054 Bradley Review
Issue 053 SEED Project
Issue 052 Anxiety UK Credit Crunch Helpline
Issue 051 Health Trainers in Salford
Issue 050 Work and Health
Issue 049 Staff count!
Issue 048 Hearing voices workshop
Issue 047 Blackpool starts the ball rolling
Issue 046 NHS North West keeping its staff in mind
Issue 045 Service user involvement with initiatives

September 2009

Issue 044 No health without mental health
Issue 043 Get Into Reading
Issue 042 Mental Health Inpatient Survey
Issue 041 Reducing Waiting Times in A&E
Issue 040 Meeting the Mental Health needs of People with Learning Disabilities
Issue 039 New Clinincal Pathway Group chair
Issue 038 Personalisation and mental health
Issue 037 Privacy & Dignity: delivering same sex accommodation in hospitals
Issue 036 Mental Health Commissioners Workforce Development
Issue 035 Keeping a seat warm on the MHIP Steering Board
Issue 034 IAPT: benefits and impact
Issue 033 Promise North West launch
Issue 032 Safety & Security Directions Consultation
Issue 031 National Dementia Strategy
Issue 030 Public Sector Agreement (PSA) 16
Issue 029 Black on track
Issue 028 Lived experience to shape team roles
Issue 027 North West Mental Health Commissioning Network launch
Issue 026 World Cup hero making sure young men not left on the bench
Issue 025 Get involved in the Promise Network

August 2009

Issue 024 Collective Voice North West
Issue 023 beyondblue training sites confirmed
Issue 022 North West Wellbeing Conference 2009
Issue 021 MHIP - what's our role?
Issue 020 NHS Standard Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Contract
Issue 019 "Bubble" - supporting social enterprise to improve mental well being
Issue 018 Implementing user focused outcomes in commissioning
Issue 017 Its A Goal (initiative for young men with depression)
Issue 016 Delivering race equality in mental health
Issue 015 Help inform the future work of MHIP
Issue 014 Care Quality Commission mental health strategy consultation
Issue 013 Improving Access to Psychological Therapies - North West overview
Issue 012 "Time to Change" summer campaign
Issue 011 "Promise" - North West Provider Network
Issue 010 Beyond Blue - mental health training programme
Issue 009 Mental Health Clinical Pathways Group
Issue 008 Mental Health and Work in the NHS
Issue 007 Mental Health Commissioners Workforce Survey
Issue 006 Patient Opinion

July 2009

Issue 005 Standing Conference launch
Issue 004 Anti stigma and discrimination strategy work 
Issue 003 New Horizons in Mental Health
Issue 002 "Thumbs Up" to Mental Health News
Issue 001 Introduction to Mental Health News