Category: Community Mental Health

Emotional Support

Sam Tyrer and Change Talks

Sam Tyrer is the Prevention and Engagement Lead here at Lancashire and South Cumbria Foundation Trust and is the founder of a service called Change Talks, which offers mental health education to 11-21 year olds. This service has reached over 55,000 young people since the beginning of 2018 and it continues to go from strength to strength.

Sam is also the co-host of a webinar series called the Mental Health Family Hour, which has recently received national recognition from the Prime Minister. The Points of Light Award was given to Sam and his co-host for their work throughout the lockdown to support people’s mental health through their weekly webinar series.

We will be featuring some of Sam’s work over the coming weeks on the library blog and Twitter page as well as some useful resources Sam recommends for helping us all to provide emotional support, both at work and at home.

Please email us at academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk to share your tips or advice for providing emotional support for your friends, relatives and colleagues.

Library Bulletins

Mental health current awareness

The current bulletins for Bipolar Disorder, Serious Mental Illness, Perinatal Mental Health and Community Mental Health, produced by Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust, are now available to view and download.

For support accessing any of the articles within the bulletins please contact: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Library Bulletins

Mental health current awareness

The current bulletins for Serious Mental Health, Perinatal Mental Health and Community Mental Health, produced by Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust, are now available to view and download.

For support accessing any of the articles within the bulletins please contact: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Library Bulletin

Community Mental Health Services

The new edition of Community Mental Health Services Current Awareness Bulletin, produced by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, is now available to view and download.

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Library Bulletin

Community Mental Health Services Bulletin

The February edition of Community Mental Health Services Bulletin, produced by Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust, is now available to view and download. The links to abstracts have been activated in this bulletin, so if you click on the title. If you would like to read the full article, please contact the library team: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

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Library Bulletin

Community Mental Health Services

The most recent current awareness bulletin for Community Mental Health Services (produced by Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Trust) is now available to view and download.

If you need support accessing any of the journal articles please contact: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

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Community Mental Health

2020 Survey

Care Quality Commission (CQC); 2020.
https://www.cqc.org.uk/publications/surveys/community-mental-health-survey-2020

Findings of this report include people consistently reporting poor experiences of NHS community mental health services, with few positive results. For example, poor experiences were reported for crisis care, accessing care, and involvement.

There are few results where the majority of people reported good experiences of mental health care. However, ‘organising care’ is an area where people were found to be more positive:

-97% of people who have been told who is in charge of organising their care and services said they knew how to contact this person if they had a concern

-91% said the person that organised their care did so ‘very well’ (58%) or ‘quite well’ (33%)

-73% reported that they were ‘always’ treated with dignity and respect (CQC)


Mental health in later life

Minds that matter

This report looks at the life events and circumstances that can affect people’s mental health in later life, including bereavement, loneliness, ill health and caring responsibilities. Focusing mainly on anxiety and depression, the report also describes people’s mixed experiences of seeking support from GPs, therapists and other services. It highlights the common barriers and makes recommendations for what needs to change to improve support for older people and ensure they can live a mentally healthy later life.

To find out more click here.