Useful Websites

http://www.wales.gov.uk
To find out about Welsh Assembly Government including information on all the policies and programmes for which it is responsible.

http://www.mentalhealthwales.net
For information on mental health in Wales

http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites
For the Welsh Assembly Government’s document ‘Raising the Standard: The Revised Adult Mental Health Service Framework and Act Plan for Wales’, October 2005. The revised NSF for adult mental health services in Wales was published on World Mental Health Day, October 10th 2005. This document updates the original NSF published in 2002 and sets out 44 Key Actions!

http://www.hafal.org
To download a copy of ‘CPA: A Users guide. What people with a mental illness in Wales need to know about the Care Programme Approach, (CPA)’. A guide for the Care Programme Approach written for users by users. This document will take you through the CPA process, equipping you with the knowledge needed to gain the most from the programme.

http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page8824.asp
Reforming the Welfare State - this is the Government’s blueprint for reforming the welfare state.

http://www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/Bulletins/ChiefExecutiveB...
To access Chief Executive Bulletins, Department of Health

http://www.dh.gov.uk/PolicyAndGuidance/HealthAndSocialCareTopics/MentalH...
Briefing sheets on the implications of the revised Mental Health Bill.

http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/13/38/40/04133840.pdf
To download the DH publication ‘From Values to Action: The Chief Nursing Officer’s review of mental health nursing’

http://www.nice.org.uk/implementation
Access this site for information on how The National Institute for Clinical Excellence, (NICE) is supporting mplementation.

http://www.zahidmubarekinquiry.org.uk
Access this site for information on the Zahid Mubarek inquiry. On Thursday 29 April 2004 the Rt Hon David Blunkett MP announced the establishment of a non-statutory public inquiry into the murder of Zahid Mubarek at Feltham Young Offender Institution on Tuesday 21 March 2000.

http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/facts/index56.aspx
‘Mental Health and Mental Illness in the UK’ - this ESRC fact sheet provides an overview of the issues relating to mental health in the UK. It is designed to introduce the topic rather than be a comprehensive survey.

http://www.national-confidential-inquiry.ac.uk
The National Confidential Inquiry is a national research project established at the University of Manchester in April 1996 and forms part of the School of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences. The Inquiry collects suicide and homicide information from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and is funded by The National Patient Safety Agency in England, the Welsh Office, the Scottish Office and the Department of Health and Social Services, Northern Ireland. The main work of the Inquiry involves the collection of detailed clinical information on all suicides and homicides that occur under mental health services.

http://www.mind.org.uk
Mind is the leading mental health charity in England and Wales.

http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk
The Mental Health Foundation incorporates the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities

http://www.learningdisabilities.org.uk

http://www.healthcarecommission.org.uk
The Healthcare Commission is the independent inspection body for both the NHS and independent healthcare. Healthcare Commission Newsletter can be accessed from this site.

http://www.mhchoice.org.uk
On this website you can find out how the Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP), is working to get more choice for all people who use mental health services. You can download the 'Our Choices in Mental Health' (framework) and the supporting Checklist which give guidance and ideas on how mental health services should be offering choices to people that use their services.

http://www.spn.org.uk
Social perspectives Network – for modern mental health. You can download their e-newsletter from this site.

http://www.londondevelopmentcentre.org
and;
http://www.csip.org.uk
The London Development Centre, aims to support the improvement of mental health and mental health services in London. The London Development Centre is now formally part of the Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP), which has been created to support improvements within a range of health and social care services, including those for children and young people, older people, people with mental health problems and people with a learning disability. CSIP brings together 8 care improvement programmes (including NIMHE) under the shared goal of improving people's lives through better services.

http://www.nta.nhs.uk
The National Treatment Agency (NTA) is a special health authority, created by the Government in 2001 to improve the availability, capacity and effectiveness of treatment for drug misuse in England. In other words, to ensure that there is more treatment, better treatment and fairer treatment available to all those who need it. The Government’s drugs strategy, updated in 2002, aims to give direction and coherence to separate government initiatives related to drug misuse. This strategy sets the context in which the NTA works to tackle the harms associated with problematic drug misuse.

http://www.library.nhs.uk/mentalhealth
The Mental Health Specialist Library aims to meet the information needs of health care professionals who work in the field of mental health.

http://www.hempsons.co.uk
Hempson’s is a law firm that specialises in healthcare work. Hempson’s gave a presentation at the CPAA’s AGM in July on ‘ Advance Directives in Mental Health – the Legal Issues. You can access their mental health news briefs.