Gender
This section contains documents, reports and key resources for women's health care issues.  | Title: Informed Gender Practice: Mental health acute care that works for women Published: July 2008 Summary: This document explains why and in what way women’s needs are different to men’s and how this affects their experience on the ward. It offers practical guidance to multidisciplinary teams on best practice in relation to the care and support of women as inpatients. It encourages all staff to take an approach which promotes understanding of the women’s journey. Jointly produced by NIMHE Gender Equality & Women’s Mental Health Programme, the Acute Care Programme and the Royal College of Nursing. |
![putting_people_first_equality_and_diversity_matters_1[1] cover image](/silo/images/puttingpeoplefirstequalityanddiversitymatters11jpg_130x130.jpg "putting_people_first_equality_and_diversity_matters_1[1] cover image") | Title: Putting people first equality and diversity matters Published: March 2008 Summary: Putting people first: Equality and Diversity Matters 1 - Providing appropriate services for lesbian, gay and bisexual and transgender people. Whilst this bulletin is primarily written to assist social care service providers, it may also be of interest to commissioners of adult care services and people using services. |
 | Title: Women at risk Published: January 2006 Summary: Women at Risk. The mental health of women in contact with the judicial system. This gudance helps to prepare health, social care and prison staff for the transfer of responsibility for prison health to the NHS. It summarises existing policy and provides examples and best practice in line with the NHS plan and National Service Framework for Mental Health. Title: Women at risk Summary: Powerpoint file of the same document. |
 | Title: Tackling Effects of Domestic and Sexual Vioence and Abuse Published: March 2006 Summary: This document sets out a programme of work to equip services and professionals to identify and respond to the health and mental health needs of individuals affected by domestic violence, childhood sexual abuse, rape, oblique sexual assault and sexual exploitation including children, adolescents, and adults, both victims and abusers, male and female. |
 | Title: Vision for services Published: May 2006 Summary: Vision for services for children and young people affected by domestic violence. Guidance to local commissioners of children’s services. |
 | Title: Women's MH Implementation Standard Published: January 2006 Summary: Women and gender sensitive services in mental health - Standards document. Action plan based on standards developed by the women and gender sensitive mental health services sub group of the Staffordshire Adult Mental Health Partnership and Stoke modernisation board. |
 | Title: Oppressed_Voices - full_report Published: March 2006 Summary: Oppressed Voices - Understanding the effects of Domestic Violence for South Asian Women. Rethink Sahayak Community Engagement Project by Reena Sooch, Gurpreet Kalyan & Jasminder Rai. |
 | Title: WM CSIP Gender equality presentation Published: November 2006 Summary: Delivering gender equality: What are the implications for CSIP? |
 | Title: Gender Equality Duty Code of Practice Published: February 2006 Summary: Gender Equality Duty Draft Code of Practice. This is a draft Code for Consultation purposes. This duty will be a key tool for public sector managers to help them make the public sector more efficient, effective and responsive to different needs. |
 | Title: MSGH Oak Unit - Complex Care Published: January 2006 Summary: New Service for Women requiring Complex and Continuing Care - Oak Unit - a new purpose-built facility with an experienced multidisciplinary team treating vulnerable women, who present with challenging and complex mental health needs, in a safe therapeutic environment. |
 | Title: Oppressed_Voices_- short_report Published: 2006 Summary: oppressed voices: understanding the effects of domestic violence on mental health for South Asian women in North West Kent |
 | Title: Out of the Blue Published: May 2006 Summary: Out of the blue? Motherhood and depression. Report on mental distress during pregnancy or following the birth of a child. |
 | Title: Mainstreasming womens MH Published: May 2006 Summary: Mainstreaming gender and womens mental health services. Report to LIT by Ann Crowder. Title: Mainstreaming gender Published: September 2003 Summary: Mainstreaming Gender and Women’s Mental Health Implementation Guidance. This guidance contributes to a broad approach in a key clinical priority area. It will help those planning and delivering mental health services to ensure that women feel better served by the mental health care system in terms of their individual experiences. |
 | Title: Are we there yet Published: November 2005 Summary: 30 years of closing the gap between women and men. This review looks at how much has really changed 30 years later. While there are many successes to celebrate, there is still a great deal further to go to close the inequality gaps between women and men. |
 | Title: Developing SARC guideline view Binary Published: October 2005 Summary: These guidelines are being published jointly by the Department of Health and Home Office to highlight the Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) model of good practice in the local provision by police, health service and rape crisis voluntary sector in equal measure of immediate aftercare to victims of serious sexual violence. |
 | Title: Gender Equaity Duty Proposals Published: October 2005 Summary: Advancing Equality for Men and Women: Government proposals to introduce a public sector duty to promote gender equality. |
 | Title: Gender Public sector duty Published: October 2005 Summary: This report presents the findings of the gender public sector duty pilot project. The aim of the project was to provide the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) with valuable learning to inform the recommendations and guidance to be issued on implementation of the duty. |
 | Title: Cost_of_DV_Report Published: September 2004 Summary: The Cost of Domestic Violence by Professor Sylvia Walby. |
 | Title: Delivering Quality Services Published: September 2004 Summary: Promoting sex equality in the public sector. |
 | Title: App 7 maternity services chapter 11 NSF Published: October 2004 Summary: Maternity Standard, National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services. This is the standard on maternity services which forms part of the National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services. |
 | Title: Domestic violence offenders and characteristics Published: 2003 Summary: Domestic violence offenders: characteristics and offending related needs. The study reported here investigated and described the characteristics and offending - related or ‘criminogenic’ needs of domestic violence offenders on probation or referred for a pre-sentence report, in order to inform the Probation Services’ response to this group of offenders . |
 | Title: Domestic violence Published: June 2003 Summary: The Government’s Proposals on Domestic Violence. This paper sets out the nature and prevalence of domestic violence, and examines its impact on victims and its wider cost to society. |
 | Title: New draft equalites prog1 Published: February 2003 Summary: Making sense of an Equalities Programme, West Midlands Mental Health Development Centre. A Discussion paper which brings together a focus on action to promote mental health and social inclusion and provides an opportunity to both NIMHE and the West Midlands Mental Health Development Centre (MHDC) to learn from all perspectives, both inside and outside the current mental health service system. |
 | Title: Mainstreaming Gender and Womens Mental Health Published: September 2003 Summary: This guidance contributes to a broad approach in a key clinical priority area. It will help those planning and delivering mental health services to ensure that women feel better served by the mental health care system in terms of their individual experiences. |
 | Title: Women Only and Women Sensitive Services - Expert briefing Published: June 2003 Summary: This paper summarises findings of a review of research evidence and expert opinion about women-only and women-sensitive mental health services. |
 | Title: Womenstrat implementation guide Published: September 2003 Summary: Mainstreaming Gender and Women’s Mental Health Implementation Guidance. This guidance contributes to a broad approach in a key clinical priority area. It will help those planning and delivering mental health services to ensure that women feel better served by the mental health care system in terms of their individual experiences. |
 | Title: Womens drug services Published: 2002 Summary: A Home Office document on Women Drug Users and Drugs Service Provision: service level responses to engagement and retention by Jane Becker and Clare Duffy. |
 | Title: WMH Summary Published: October 2002 Summary: DH summary document discussing the needs of women and the government’s programme of reform and investment in public services and commitment to addressing discrimination and inequality. |
 | Title: Rape and women extent of problem Published: March 2002 Summary: Rape and sexual assault of women: the extent and nature of the problem. Findings from the British Crime Survey, Andy Myhill and Jonathan Allen. |
 | Title: Pre-trial adult Published: 2002 Summary: The guidance is primarily for the assistance of therapists, those who commission or arrange therapy and lawyers involved in making decisions about the provision of therapeutic help for vulnerable or intimidated adult witnesses prior to a criminal trial. |
 | Title: Sexual abuse Published: 1999 Summary: Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse. Document detailing the issues of sexual abuse in children and the psychological problems encounterd by surviving adults. |
 | Title: 10 social inequalities Summary: Social Inequalities and Mental Health: An integrative approach by Jennie Williams and Frank Keating. This document draws together work exploring the significance of social inequalities for mental health and mental health services. |
 | Title: WOW -_Virtual_Network Summary: Women Only Ward (Virtual Network). Gender Equality and Women's Mental Health Programme. The purpose of the network is to: collect, distribute and share examples of practice development, be a resource for operational staff wishing to make changes to inpatient services, put people in touch with others who may be further along on the journey and to inform development of tools and guidance. |
| | Title: Self injury action plan Summary: Action plan regarding appropriate management of self injury - national/regional exploratory exercise - East Midlands region. |
 | Title: DH_Equality_Impact_Assessment tool Summary: Discussing policy assessment for equality and consequent impact and benefit on different sections of the population. |
 | Title: Gender equality Duty basic leaflet Summary: Document on The Gender Equality Duty, a sex equality legislation designed to help both women and men. |
 | Title: Gender_impact_assessment Summary: This document supports the programme of Public Service Reform by helping policy-makers make sure that their policies deliver equality of opportunity for women and men. It does this by providing a methodology (Gender Impact Assessment) for examining policy proposals to see if they affect women and men differently. |
 | Title: Improving the health of men and women Summary: Report on a new agenda for research, policy and practice, with support from, among others, the Government and the Equal Opportunities Commission. |
 | Title: Jill Demilew Summary: National Update Maternity Services by Jill Demilew, Midwifery Adviser, Partnerships for Children, Families and Maternity, DH. |
 | Title: Julie Maddocks Summary: Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health. Improving the health of mothers, babies and children. Julie Maddocks, North West & West Midlands Regional Manager for CEMACH. |
 | Title: Karen Newbigging Summary: Perinatal Mental Health by Karen Newbigging, joint lead for the national programme for gender equality and women's mental health. |
 | Title: New Initiatives Summary: New initiatives for Mother and Baby Services including ante-natal mental health liaison, dedicated social Worker for Mother & Baby services, establishment of duty clinician, home treatment and training work. |
 | Title: Mainstreaming Gender & Women's Health Summary: Sandwell Mental Health NHS and Social Care Trust. Action plan and implementation guidance. |
 | Title: Self Assessment Tool Trusts 1 Summary: SEDC Women's mental health implementation guide progress assessment draft. |
 | Title: Self-assessment 8 women and mental health Summary: Mainstreaming Gender & Women's Health. Action plan and implementation guidance. |
 | Title: Violence annex a Summary: How should the Government best measure the incidence of domestic violence and the success of its strategy to reduce it? Title: Violence annex b Summary: This consultation paper seeks views on the detailed proposals contained in this document. Specific points on which comments are soughtare set out throughout the main text, and are summarised in Annex A. |
 | Title: Womenstrat Manchester - day support Summary: Supporting women in Manchester. Document on the development of women only community day support. |