What will the future hold for mental health nursing?
Mental Health Practice editor Colin Parish interviews Professor Tony Butterworth about his...
25 Nov 2016
Analysis
Top performance ratings for two mental health service providers
Two mental health service providers and their staff make a strong impression on service...
24 Nov 2016
Almost 30% of suicides are found to be by mental health patients, report finds
An anniversary report, published by the University of Manchester details the suicide rates...
07 Nov 2016
Influential MPs say government’s planned improvements in mental health care may not be...
A recent report from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was scathing in its judgement of...
06 Oct 2016
Fewer assaults as trust goes smoke free
A mental health trust has saved more than 1.5 million pounds’ worth of nursing time and seen...
12 Sep 2016
Fitness to practise hearings
Action is promised by regulator after a Nursing Standard investigation reveals nurses...
12 Jul 2016
Technology and young people's mental health
Concerns grow for well-being of children as survey reveals easy and accidental access to...
08 Jul 2016
What effect is the digital world having on our young people?
Concerns grow for well-being of children as survey reveals easy and accidental access to...
05 Jul 2016
Suicide risk for nurses during fitness to practise process
In the past year, the RCN’s counselling service has supported more than 100 nurses facing...
10 May 2016
Reflective practice is vital to the revalidation process
At the beginning of this month, the first nurses to use the new revalidation system will...
12 Apr 2016
Project reduces self-harm in children and adolescents
A systematic approach to data collection has helped staff at a child and adolescent mental...
09 Mar 2016
Mental health nurses called on to contribute to new nursing strategy
Over the next few weeks, chief nursing officer for England Jane Cummings and her team will...
11 Nov 2015
Trusts initiate programme to tackle prejudices in the NHS
The time to Change anti-stigma campaign has started a groundbreaking pilot at two mental...
09 Oct 2015
Delivering compassionate care in the criminal justice system
How do nurses care compassionately for someone locked up for violence, rape or murder? What...
09 Sep 2015
Care Quality Commission wants more expertise in mental health inspections
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) wants to tap into the ‘best, current expert thinking’ to...
09 Sep 2015
Guidance moves away from the use of physical restraint
The use of restrictive interventions in mental health nursing is a regrettable part of the...
07 Jul 2015
Students urged to focus on health promotion and lobby for equality
Delegates are told that they have a vital role in helping service users live longer,...
09 Apr 2015