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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>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Psychiatrists identify new phenomenon: ‘I want to be bipolar…’]]></title>
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Writing in the March 2010 edition of The Psychiatrist, London based psychiatrists Dr Diana Chan and Dr Lester Sireling have identified a new and unusual phenomenon &ndash; people diagnosing themselves with bipolar disorder. Download the article here.
They believe the trend is linked to increased...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Study finds fish oil can reduce onset of psychotic illness]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Researchers from Switzerland, Austria and Australia have found that fish oil supplements can reduce the risk of developing schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.
The new study included 81 high-risk patients with either mild psychotic symptoms, transient psychosis or a family history of psycho...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Britain's dementia crisis is being ignored, a new study claims, as sufferers top 820,000]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[A major new Alzheimer&rsquo;s Research Trust commissioned University of Oxford report, Dementia 2010, reveals that the impact of dementia on the UK&rsquo;s society and economy is higher than ever. It also shows that dementia research remains severely underfunded compared to other conditions like can...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.virtualward.org.uk/news/britains-dementia-crisis-is-being-ignored-a-new-study-claims-as-sufferers-top-820000/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Major new survey in NW highlights importance of mental wellbeing in improving people's lives]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[ 
A major new survey of 18,500 residents of the North West highlights the crucial role of mental wellbeing in improving people's lives, and reveals significant differences in people&rsquo;s levels of mental wellbeing.
Download a summary here.
According to the North West Mental Wellbeing Survey, (...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.virtualward.org.uk/news/major-new-survey-in-nw-highlights-importance-of-mental-wellbeing-in-improving-peoples-lives/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rethink launches campaign against mental health jury ban]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Rethink has launched a campaign to put pressure on the government to keep its promise and reconsider the 1974 Juries Act which states that a person who is receiving medical treatment for a mental health illness cannot serve on a jury. 
Their &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t Count Me Out&rdquo; jury counter start...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.virtualward.org.uk/news/rethink-launches-campaign-against-mental-health-jury-ban/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Official launch of Patient Opinion's service to NHS mental health trusts]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[ 
January 7th saw the official joint launch with NHS Choices of Patient Opinion's service to NHS mental health trusts.
Since April 2009, all 61 mental health trusts across the UK have been able to subscribe to Patient Opinion, with NHS Choices paying the social enterprise to train and support trus...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New Horizons Launch 7th December 2009]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Radical overhaul of support for people with mental health conditions
News Release issued on 07 December 2009 10:34 AM
The cross-government mental health strategy that replaces the 10-year National Service Framework (NSF) for Mental Health, launched on 7th December 2009, sets out the twin aims of b...]]></description>
			<author>Judith Hackett &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New guide for mental health commissioners published]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Commissioning high quality modern mental health services presents real challenges - but help is at hand for commissioners with the publication of a new guide .  &lsquo;The Commissioning Friend for Mental Health Services' is designed to support primary care trusts and local authorities and assist the...]]></description>
			<author>Judith Hackett &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Revision of Preventing Suicide: A toolkit for mental health services]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA), at its second annual conference in Birmingham, launched a revision of Preventing Suicide: A toolkit for mental health service. The toolkit, originally published in 2003, has been amended to reflect recent policy changes and has had input from key stakeholde...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Claudette tells 10 Downing Street it’s Time to Change]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[ 
On Friday 20th November, Claudette Lawrence, a supporter of Time to Change, went to 10 Downing Street to discuss stigma and discrimination with Gordon Brown&rsquo;s special advisor on health policy, Greg Beales. 
The meeting came about after Claudette wrote a letter to Gordon Brown, telling him ...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chance of a Lifetime - Preventing Early Conduct Problems and Reducing Crime]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
Mental health problems in childhood cast a long shadow. They can often persist into adulthood with adverse consequences for many aspects of people&rsquo;s lives. The most common childhood mental health difficulties are conduct problems. A very high proportion of those who have the most serious con...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Summary of Mental Health Services - Fit for the Future Conference]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[ 
Summary of &lsquo;Mental Health Services Fit for the Future&rsquo; conference held in Birmingham 12th. November 2009
The Mental Health Services Fit for the Future conference took place in Birmingham on Thursday 12 November and attracted over 110 delegates. Chaired by Steve Shrubb, Director, Ment...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Acute Care Declaration launched]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[BACKGROUND TO THE ACUTE CARE DECLARATION
The Heatlhcare Commission&rsquo;s (now CQC) review of acute inpatient care &ldquo;Pathway to Recovery&rdquo; (HC 2008) provided a sound basis and clear definition of what good quality acute inpatient mental health care should look like. (appropriate, purpose...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Check out Social Care TV - a new online channel]]></title>
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Social Care TV is a new online channel for everyone involved in the social care sector, from managers to front-line staff, trainers to people who use care services. www.scie.org.uk/socialcaretv.
As part of the Social Care Institute for Excellence&rsquo;s (SCIE) family of resources, Social Care TV...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Acute Care Declaration press release]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Press Release 00.01 Thursday 12th November 2009
New declaration enshrines quality acute care for all 
In a first for the UK, mental health patient groups, NHS service providers and staff groups have come together today to launch the first national declaration for people with a mental health crisis...]]></description>
			<author>Bridget Lawless &lt;no-reply@www.virtualward.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
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