Resettle Service Director post in Merseyside

March 4th, 2010 by Administrator

You will have overall responsibility for an innovative project designed to support the work of MAPPA (Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements) by providing intensive support for up to 30 male offenders on release from prison, who have been considered by a MAPPA panel and who have been assessed as having a personality disorder.

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Categories: Job opportunities, PD services

Publish your opinions about mental health services

January 4th, 2010 by Administrator

The partnership, between NHS Choices and Patient Opinion, means service users, carers and their families can share stories and leave feedback on the mental health care they have received.

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Categories: Carers, PD services, Service users

Living with Bi-polar disorder audio diary

December 10th, 2009 by Administrator

Chris, a Shift Speakers’ Bureau volunteer, has been keeping an audio-diary about life with bipolar disorder for BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours.

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Categories: PD services, Recovery, Service users

The Commissioning Friend for Mental Health Services

December 1st, 2009 by Administrator

‘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.

Categories: Commissioning, PD services

Presentations from PD Congress

November 20th, 2009 by Administrator

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.

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Categories: Carers, Commissioning, Legislation, Mental health, Outcomes, PD Congress, PD services, Policy, Research, Service users, Training

PD pathways ‘tube map’

November 18th, 2009 by Administrator

This Personality Disorder pathways “tube map” by Rex Haigh is designed to help you understand the different tiers of mental health services and the pathways through care for people with personality disorder.

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Categories: PD pathways, PD services

The 1st National Personality Disorder Congress

October 2nd, 2009 by Administrator

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.

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Categories: Carers, Commissioning, Legislation, Mental health, Outcomes, PD Congress, PD services, Policy, Research, Service users, Training

Download presentations from the regional workshops

July 1st, 2009 by Administrator

Visitors can access all of the presentations from the regional workshops to launch new commissioning guidance.

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Categories: Commissioning, PD services, Policy

Personality Disorder – Everybody’s Business: together changing our approach

June 8th, 2009 by Administrator

A series of regional workshops to launch new guidance and a practical approach to implementation in relation to Personality Disorder.

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Categories: Commissioning, Department of Health, PD services, Policy, Training

How are the different regions performing in regard to PD?

March 6th, 2009 by Administrator

An invitation to reflect on the annual autumn assessment of mental health services and provide feedback your own experience of the local situation in regard to PD services.

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Categories: PD services