Guest blog by Gethin Jones, Time to Change Wales You may have recently seen a TV advert in which a character called Dylan returns to work following a mental health problem only to find that his colleagues take extreme and bizarre steps to avoid discussing the issue of mental illness. The advert was produced for [...]
Posts Tagged ‘mental health’
Don’t be afraid to talk about mental health!
Monday, August 20th, 2012
Good Mental Health
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010My colleagues in our public affairs department had an interesting meeting with mental health charity Gofal Cymru today, which got me thinking. They discussed Conservative AM Jonathan Morgan’s Mental Health LCO – which will help change the way in which mental health services are structured and delivered in Wales, and we, alongside Gofal and others [...]
The postcode lottery strikes again
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009The Healthcare Inspectorate Wales, the Wales Audit Office, Estyn, and the Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales have today published a worrying report on the state of Mental Health services for children and young people in Wales. This is the first time that all four bodies have come together for a service review, which highlights [...]
Time to support some of Wales’ most vulnerable people
Monday, November 17th, 2008It’s time to address what seem to be completely inadequate mental health facilities for young offenders in Wales. Bridgend MP Madeline Moon has highlighted the issue. The lack of provision for some of society’s most vulnerable young men is so bad, they have to travel to England to get appropriate help. One of the reasons [...]