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It’s time to truly listen to mental health service users

Karin Bacha By Terry Hanley, Laura Winter and Karin Bacha Filed Under: All posts Posted: August 10, 2018

On Monday the 16th of July a launch event was held for the new Greater Manchester Adult Mental Health Service User Network. Professionals talked about the wonderful work and strategies that are being put in place and operationalized However, what we wish to convey is that there are still too many people being failed by […]

Tagged With: Greater Manchester, Health & Social Care, Health inequalities, inequalities, mental health, MIE

Online mental health services for children and young people: One size does not fit all!

By Terry Hanley Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Digital Futures, Growth and Inclusion, Health and Care Posted: June 12, 2018

In this blog Dr Terry Hanley, Senior Lecturer in Counselling Psychology at The University of Manchester examines how his experience of developing an online counselling service for children and young people led him to research into the benefits and drawbacks of online mental health services. The ease of accessing online counselling services often makes them […]

Tagged With: Children & Young People, digital, Digital Futures, Health & Social Care, Health and Care, mental health, MIE, NHS, Youth mental health

The Case for Optimism amid the ‘Broken’ NHS

By Leo Mccann Filed Under: British Politics, Health and Social Care Posted: May 29, 2018

NHS organisations and the professionals who staff them are under tremendous pressure. The University of Manchester’s Professor Leo McCann has been working closely with NHS paramedics in England over the last five years, learning about the changes they have gone through as professionals and the pressures that ambulance trusts face as organisations. In this blog, […]

Tagged With: ambulance service, care quality, education, Health & Social Care, healthcare, labour market, mental health, NHS, productivity, schools, work & pensions

Why it’s time to address workplace racism as a matter of health and safety

Stephen AsheJames Nazroo By Stephen Ashe and James Nazroo Filed Under: All posts, Ethnicity, Health and Social Care, Inclusive Growth Posted: April 19, 2018

Fifty years on from the UK’s first piece of legislation outlawing racial discrimination in employment, Stephen Ashe & James Nazroo look at what’s changed and whether racism in the workplace needs to be looked at in a different light. It has been shown repeatedly that reoccurring exposure to racism has serious negative long-term effects on […]

Tagged With: diversity, employment, ethnicity, Health & Safety, Health & Social Care, inequalities, labour market, mental health, productivity, Racial Inequalities, work & pensions

Transforming children and young people’s mental health services: taking one step forward and two steps back

By Terry Hanley and Laura Winter Filed Under: All posts, Health and Social Care Posted: February 1, 2018

In this blog Dr Terry Hanley, Senior Lecturer in Counselling Psychology and Dr Laura Anne Winter Lecturer in Education and Counselling Psychology both from The University of Manchester set out their response to the Government’s Green Paper on children and young people’s mental health. The Green Paper focuses on earlier intervention and prevention in schools […]

Tagged With: BACP, Children & Young People, counselling, education, Health & Social Care, mental health, MIE, schools, young people, Youth mental health

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The first cut is the deepest: how the crisis in children and young people’s mental health was created

By Neil Humphrey Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Health and Social Care Posted: February 23, 2017

In the coming weeks, the House of Commons Education and Health Select Committees will be hearing oral evidence on their inquiry into children and young people’s mental health and the role of education. Members of the Manchester Institute of Education have written three blogs expanding on some of the key issues in their submission and […]

Tagged With: children, education policy, education select committee, health policy, mental health, mental health crisis, MIE, select committee inquiry, young people, Youth mental health

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Young people, social media and the Internet: part of the problem and the solution?

By Terry Hanley Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Health and Social Care Posted: February 22, 2017

In the coming weeks, the House of Commons Education and Health Select Committees will be hearing oral evidence on their inquiry into children and young people’s mental health and the role of education. Members of the Manchester Institute of Education have written three blogs expanding on some of the key issues in their submission and […]

Tagged With: children, education policy, education select committee, Health Select Committee, internet, mental health, MIE, select committee inquiry, social media, young people, Youth mental health

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Supporting the mental health of young people in schools

By Cathy Atkinson Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Health and Social Care Posted: February 21, 2017

In the coming weeks, the House of Commons Education and Health Select Committees will be hearing oral evidence on their inquiry into children and young people’s mental health and the role of education. Members of the Manchester Institute of Education have written three blogs expanding on some of the key issues in their submission and […]

Tagged With: children, education policy, education select committee, health policy, Health Select Committee, mental health, MIE, select committee inquiry, young people, Youth mental health

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The Shared Society : wellbeing through participation and the need for research

By Susan Oman Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Urban Posted: January 16, 2017

The Prime Minister recently set out her vision for a new ‘shared society’ alongside her promise to transform mental health care. University of Manchester PHD researcher Susan Oman, questions Theresa May’s commitment to mental health research, how it presents opportunities to understand what a sharing society might be, and how it might support improved wellbeing. […]

Tagged With: mental health, participation, Theresa May, wellbeing

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Losing a loved one to suicide: how the right policies might reduce risk

By Sharon McDonnell Filed Under: All posts Posted: September 8, 2016

A new study released by The University of Manchester revealed that GPs looking after someone who has lost a child to suicide had a lack of knowledge and confidence on how best to support them. Those bereaved by suicide are a very vulnerable group at significant risk of dying by suicide themselves and an important […]

Tagged With: Bereavement, health policy, mental health, suicide

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