· Most people confident GPs take their comments and concerns seriously. · Yet 3 out of 4 (76%) have never given feedback, most commonly because they don’t know how to. · New online poll* suggests those looking to share views with their doctor prefer comment boxes and text messages...
Dorset Mind Ambassador, Calvin Billington-Glen has this last week enjoyed “the best day of his life”. Calvin was a finalist in the BBC Radio One Teen Awards. Calvin was nominated for his commitment to raising funds and most importantly awareness for mental health. Calvin has Asperger’s syndrome and, in...
Dorset Mind are in full support of the Shaw Mind Foundation with their call for compulsory mental health education, which will be debated in Parliament on Monday (November 6th 2017). They have written to all Dorset MPs urging support.
Earlier this year Dorset Mind supported The Shaw Mind Foundation’s petition...
A report published today by Mind states that 300,000 people with a long term mental health problem lose their jobs each year. Analysis by Deloitte.
The Mental Health at Work Report 2017 was published on 4th October 2017 and reports that there remains a pervasive culture of silence over mental health...
We’ve seen a diverse programme of events as part of Bournemouth University’s celebration of World Mental Health Day recently. And one of the highlights has to be the release of the #LifeUnfiltered video on World Mental Health Day itself, 10th October. The film is the culmination of a six-month...
To mark World Mental Health Day 2017, former government mental health champion and leading campaigner Natasha Devon MBE has teamed up with charities to create a 7 point mental health charter for newspapers, magazines, TV, radio, bloggers and YouTubers. The charter, which was compiled in association with the Samaritans,...
There is good news and not so good news for Dorset County Hospital NHS Trust. There A&E target completion are very good but their cancer and planned operations and care targets completion not so. The A&E target DCH is 2nd best in the country. The way the A&E...
World Mental Health Day provides a timely opportunity to reflect on last week’s announcement that an independent review of the Mental Health Act 1983 will be carried out. In making this announcement, the Prime Minister recognised that the Act as it currently stands is not fit for purpose. Many...
Suicide is the biggest killer in men under 45 and the biggest killer in the UK of people under 35. Speak out to people you trust. Face this issue because avoiding it and suffering in silence will only cause the symptoms to become worse. Be there for others and...
On 1 February 2017, the NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) launched a public consultation on proposals laid out in the Mental Health Acute Care Pathway review, with implications for policing in the county.Alongside 1,155 others, the Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner (OPCC) provided expert feedback and...
