The ‘Confident Communities, Brighter Futures’ report, published by the National Mental Health Development Unit, offers a systematic evidence base from which local authorities and the NHS can act to reduce inequalities and improve mental health in their areas.
‘The Commissioning Friend for Mental Health Services’ is designed to support primary care trusts and local authorities and assist them in developing their mental health commissioning practice.
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Over 250 people came together at the International Convention Centre, Birmingham, today to celebrate developments in the personality disorder field at the 1st National Personality Disorder Congress. Download presentations from day one.
We have produced a new leaflet advertising our recent publication, Recognising complexity: Commissioning guidance for personality disorder services.
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The First National PD Congress will be held on Thursday 19 – Friday 20 November 2009 at the International Convention Centre, Birmingham. The Congress will bring together service users, clinicians, commissioners, policy makers and managers from community and forensic services and networks for two days of educational, thought-provoking, artistic and inspirational activity.
Visitors can access all of the presentations from the regional workshops to launch new commissioning guidance.
Join our discussion forum and continue the conversations from the regional workshops to launch new commissioning guidance.
This guidance will support commissioners, providers of services and practitioners to improve services and outcomes for people with personality disorder.
A series of regional workshops to launch new guidance and a practical approach to implementation in relation to Personality Disorder.
The report provides analyses at national level of all England data and covers the years 2003-2004 to 2007-2008.