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			<title><![CDATA[Triangle of Care launches at House of Commons]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[THE TRIANGLE
OF CARE - Carers Included: A Best Practice Guide in Acute Mental Health Care was launched at a reception in the House of Commons on July 28th. 
The title refers to the essential 3-way
relationship between professionals, service users, their carers and families.
The publication is th...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:14:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health renamed Centre for Mental Health]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
The name change will take effect from 21 July. It follows the approval by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation for the Centre's plans to sustain its work beyond the conclusion of the core grant it received each year between 1985 and 2010.
The newly named Centre will continue the SCMH's work.
From 21...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:58:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rethink survey reveals only 1 in 3 GPs are confident about proposed mental health role]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
 
 
 
The Government&rsquo;s health white paper expected Monday 19th July is set to propose a massive shake up of NHS mental health services, stripping PCTs of the power to commission secondary services and handing it instead to GPs.
But mental health charity Rethink discovered that only 31% o...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:49:30 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Life Story Network uses new technology to aid memory work]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
The National Life Story Network website, launched on 12 February 2010 at a conference in Leeds, has a new home. NMHDU provided space on the web for the initial network launch. Work behind the scenes to complete a stand alone website has now been completed.
Creating life stories can be a very usef...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:40:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Research confirms return to work helps recovery of people with mental health problems]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[  British Occupational Health Research  Foundation
 
 
People with depression and anxiety should be offered specialist support to return to work as well as psychological therapy, according to a research review conducted by Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health and published with support from the Bri...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:28:47 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.virtualward.org.uk/news/research-confirms-return-to-work-helps-recovery-of-people-with-mental-health-problems/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Government scraps £4.4 million support for carers]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
The new coalition government has scrapped a multi-million pound support package for carers.  It has pulled the plug on the Caring with Confidence programme, worth £4.4m a year. 
The Department of Health scheme was designed to improve support for carers. It was due to reach 27,000 carers by the en...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:58:39 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.virtualward.org.uk/news/government-scraps-44-million-support-for-carers/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Guardian Public Services Awards 2010 - open for entries]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[ 
The Guardian
The Guardian's Public Services Awards 2010 is now inviting entries. The awards, which are now in their seventh year, comprise 12 team awards divided into two categories:
 
Service delivery
Innovation and progress.
 
The awards aim to recognise public servants working in areas r...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:39:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mental health workers 'must ask patients if they're parents']]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
Children of people with mental health problems may be at risk because some mental health professionals fail to ask whether or not their patients are parents or carers &ndash; in direct contravention of guidelines published by the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) in May 2009.
Over a third (37...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:44:35 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Royal College of Psychiatrists publishes recommendations for the redesign of mental health services]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[ 
The Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) is publishing 17 new recommendations for the redesign of mental health services. The recommendations are the result of a major College enquiry into the future development of UK mental health services.
The enquiry was launched following the publication...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 06:25:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA["I pay tribute to all carers and will work to get them a better deal." Paul Burstow, care services minister]]></title>
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"It's a privilege to be appointed as care services minister, and a pleasure to join the many individuals and organisations paying tribute to carers during Carers' Week." 
 
Paul Burstow
Story by Keith Hassell 14 June 2010
"Of course, as we celebrate their outstanding contributions, we must als...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:25:35 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.virtualward.org.uk/news/i-pay-tribute-to-all-carers-and-will-work-to-get-them-a-better-deal-paul-burstow-care-services-minister/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Carers get no respite from role]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[ 
More than three-quarters (76%) of people looking after an ill, frail or disabled loved one do not have a life outside of their caring role, according to new research issued to launch Carers Week (14-20 June).
 
The results show that huge numbers of carers are left isolated and lonely, missing o...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:06:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A life of my own - Carers' Week 14th-20th June]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[ 14th-20th June 2010
 
2010 is the tenth year that Carers Week has been held in its current format. Organised by a consortium of seven national charities, over 100,000 carers take part in the thousands of activities held in every part of the UK.
Over 12,000+ local events and activities have been ...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:18:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Health integration remains part of new government's plan]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
Treasury official says local areas will gain increased flexibility over how to integrate health and social care
In an address to the King's Fund 'Total Place' conference, Helen Bailey, Treasury Director of Public Services said the new coalition government wanted councils and primary care trusts t...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:14:20 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.virtualward.org.uk/news/health-integration-remains-part-of-new-governments-plan/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Research suggests smoking link to depression]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[ 
New research published in the British Journal of Psychiatry suggests smoking could increase the risk of depression. 
Researchers from the University of Otago in New Zealand, followed over 1,000 people. At the ages of 18, 21 and 25, the participants were asked about their smoking habits and wheth...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:11:53 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.virtualward.org.uk/news/research-suggests-smoking-link-to-depression/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Modern life is leading to loneliness, claims new report]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
The Lonely Society?
One in ten people feel lonely often
Loneliness a common experience yet 'embarrassing to admit'
Feeling alone linked to physical and mental ill health
According to a new report released today by the Mental Health Foundation, relationships that are vital to health and well-be...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 18:23:33 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.virtualward.org.uk/news/modern-life-is-leading-to-loneliness-claims-new-report/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[New intervention to reduce self-stigma among people with serious mental illness]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
A new intervention, the result of a collaboration between researchers from the University of Haifa, City University of New York and Indiana University, was found to reduce the self-stigma and improve the quality of life and self-esteem among persons with serious mental illness.
"Just as wheelchai...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 11:57:22 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.virtualward.org.uk/news/new-intervention-to-reduce-selfstigma-among-people-with-serious-mental-illness/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Princess Royal Trust for Carers launches schools pack]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[ 
Over two thirds of young carers are bullied at school, according to new research carried out by The Princess Royal Trust for Carers and The Children's Society.
More than half of the young carers surveyed felt unsupported or misunderstood by their teachers. Even more worryingly, 39% said that non...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 11:24:41 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.virtualward.org.uk/news/princess-royal-trust-for-carers-launches-schools-pack/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Andrew Lansley appointed Secretary of State for Health]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Andrew Lansley CBE has been appointed Secretary of State for Health under the new Government. Mr Lansley is the MP for South Cambridgeshire and previously served as the Shadow Health Secretary &ndash; a position he held from 2003.
Mr Lansley said: 
'It is an immense privilege to be appointed Secre...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 11:05:55 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Children and Young People's Coalition Launched]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[ 
The Children and Young People&rsquo;s Mental Health Coalition
The Children and Young People&rsquo;s Mental Health Coalition has been launched to bring leading children and young people charities together with mental health charities to campaign with and on behalf of children and young people's m...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 14:59:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Schizo – The Movie: Anti-stigma film trailer launches in cinemas to challenge stereotypes of mental illness]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[ 
Following in the wake of the recent re-release of Alfred Hitchcock&rsquo;s Psycho for the film&rsquo;s 50th anniversary, an award-winning film trailer that challenges stereotypes around the link between mental illness and violence, particularly people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, is now scr...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:08:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.virtualward.org.uk/news/schizo--the-movie-antistigma-film-trailer-launches-in-cinemas-to-challenge-stereotypes-of-mental-illness/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Six out of ten of Britons ‘find it difficult to cope mentally’]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Together's research for Mental Health week finds that six out of ten Britons 'find it difficult to cope mentally'.
Three in ten have worried they are 'cracking up'
People isolating themselves in times of distress
Mental health and wellbeing relevant to all
Care Services Minister Phil Hope commen...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 10:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CQC publish their five-year strategy and action plan for mental health]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
The Care Quality Commission has published a new five-year position statement and action plan for mental health. 
 
Download their five year strategy document for  2010 - 2015 (pdf)
 
Download the responses to their five-year strategy (pdf) here.
 
Visit the CQC website to download alternativ...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Project Manager opportunities in Equalities and Commissioning, IAPT]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme currently has two Project Manager vacancies in its national team based in London.  Application deadline 31st March 2010.
Commissioning Project Manager
A Commisioning Project Manager is required to contribute to the delivery of commis...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[First national audit of care for people with dementia in hospital begins]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[ 
The first ever national audit of care provided by hospitals for people with dementia in England and Wales begins this week (15th March 2010), with the ultimate aim of creating an agreed standard of care and benchmarking system for care of the elderly. 
Over 90% of acute trusts in England and Wal...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[NHS Employers launches campaign to improve mental health and tackle stigma about  mental ill health among NHS staff]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Open Your Mind
The Open Your Mind campaign has been developed to support employers to create a better working environment for staff and improve employment rates for people with mild, moderate and severe mental health conditions. It aims to raise awareness throughout the NHS of the recognised benefi...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
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