A new Right to Thrive grants scheme has today (Friday, 10 July 2020) awarded more than £170,000 to 24 community and grassroots projects across London to help support the mental health and wellbeing of those who are experiencing higher levels of unfair treatment and discrimination. The projects range from supporting mental health outcomes for refugees, […]
This report gives the findings from a survey of mental health services for Looked After Children and Care Leavers undertaken across London by the Healthy London Partnership (HLP) Children and Young People’s Programme. It provides recommendations to support service improvement and highlights areas of best practice. Looked After Children and Care Leavers are identified within […]
A developing series of NHS-led mental wellbeing webinars has been launched to help those who are living and working in London cope with the impact of COVID-19, both for the general public and for health and care workers. The Coping Well During Covid webinar series is supporting anyone who is feeling anxious or worried about […]
Supporting children and young people with their emotional wellbeing and mental health is critical to help them achieve their potential. Since the coronavirus outbreak, many young people feel worried, anxious or isolated during these challenging times, but there are things we can all do to help and to prevent things from becoming more serious. From […]
Digital products and services are currently providing vital innovation, support and capacity to the NHS during the response to COVID-19. DigitalHealth.London opens applications to their flagship Accelerator programme for the next generation of digital health companies to transform health and care. Now in its fifth consecutive year, the NHS delivered programme, funded in part by […]
To coincide with Eating Disorders Awareness Week (2-8 March 2020), Healthy London Partnership, has launched guidelines – in partnership with Beat, the UK’s eating disorder charity – for educational professionals about helping children and young people with eating disorders to seek treatment. These guidelines are being dispatched to schools and colleges across London to increase […]
In partnership with Beat, the UK’s eating disorder charity, we have produced guidelines for primary care professionals about treating children and young people with eating disorders. Eating disorders are serious mental health conditions. There are many common eating disorders and it is vital that children and young people with eating disorders and their families and […]
A step-by-step guide is available on the NHS Digital website providing a detailed description of the process for submitting data to the Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS). View the step-by-step guide on the NHS Digital website here.
The peer support pack was co-produced with the EIP Clinical Reference Group (CRG) Lived Experience representative and funded through Health Education England as part of developing new roles initiative. The EIP CRG were keen to explore paid peer support role in their teams and agreed that the development of the package would ensure equity across […]