Mental Health & Social Care Bulletin No. 363

Today is Worldwide Alzheimer's Awareness Day and in Bulletin No. 363  you will find links to Alzheimer's Disease International's: World Alzheimer Report 2012: Overcoming the stigma of dementia. Also the Department of Health has published its Dementia Campaign in conjunction with the Alzheimer's Society to coincide with the awareness day

Mental Health & Social Care Bulletin No. 362

In Bulletin 362 there is a link to the in depth assessment of the results from the Care Quality Commission's survey of mental health users. 1500 users over 18 years old were asked about their experiences of using community mental health services

Mental Health Bulletin No. 361

Today is worldwide Suicide prevention day. For more information follow the IASP link in bulletin no. 361 . Meanwhile here at home as a consequence of the Winterbourne scandal the Care Quality Commission plans to regulate homes acccording to the level of risk to their service users

Mental Health Bulletin No. 360

Bulletin No 360 includes a report: reducing the cost of assessments and reviews: an adult social care briefing for councils published by the Audit Commission. and indicates that better assessment methods will lead to major savings