Data story 27/05/2022
Each week we present analysis of data in chart form to illustrate some key issues and invite discussion. People with severe mental health problems who are in contact with the criminal justice system can be held as restricted patients in hospitals if they have been assessed as needing treatment. Mira...
Report 20/08/2021Billy PalmerLucina RolewiczNina HemmingsJohn Appleby
NHS clinical support staff are particularly important to mental health services and while they usually deliver the bulk of hands-on care, they are often undervalued. This report examines the profile of mental health clinical support staff and discusses how issues around recruitment and retention can...
Press release 20/08/2021
Access to high quality mental health services could be put at risk if the experiences of clinical support staff working in these services continue to be overlooked.
Report 08/07/2021Billy PalmerLaura SchlepperNina HemmingsNadia Crellin
Despite psychology being a popular subject to study at degree level, staffing mental health services remains hugely challenging. With ambitions to grow the numbers of psychologists and psychotherapists by 2023/24, this report looks at the size and make up of the workforce of those with a background...
Indicator update 30/11/2020Jenny Davies
We’re monitoring trends in the quality of mental health care.
Blog post 30/11/2020Jenny Davies
We look at changes in symptoms of mental health conditions and mental health service use during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Data story 15/10/2020
Each week we present analysis of data in chart form to illustrate some key issues and invite discussion. This week, with the country moving through varying states of a second lockdown phase, Sally Gainsbury looks at how the last period of national confinement affected individual wellbeing, finding t...
Report 09/10/2020Billy PalmerClaudia LeoneRachel Hutchings
What are the prevailing attitudes towards non-doctors working in health services, and specifically mental health services? This literature review, commissioned by the National Workforce Skills Development Unit, aims to understand the drivers behind views of non-medical mental health professionals an...
Blog post 08/10/2020Claudia Leone
With World Mental Health Day this Saturday, our new report today discusses how more people might be attracted to apply to study mental health nursing, and the reasons why they might currently be less likely to do so. Co-author Claudia Leone picks out some of the key findings.
Report 08/10/2020Billy PalmerRachel HutchingsClaudia Leone
Mental health nursing is a vital and varied profession, accounting for over a third of the mental health workforce in England. Yet the numbers choosing to study to join the profession are unable to meet sharply rising demand. This major new report, commissioned by NHS Employers and the Mental Healt...