Health Information Week (HIW) started in 2005 in the West Midlands. In 2017, the campaihn is England-wide.
HIW aims to encourage partnership working across sectors and benefit all staff and the public by raising awareness of the resources that are available to them. It is a multi-sector approach to promote high quality health information resources and support that are available to healthcare staff, patients and the public.
On the weekly Zoom Meeting I asked about how to make our Annual Report available on the MHFE site.
Whilst I am looking at a means to produce a fully accessible pdf version I thought I would share a link here to see whether the National Pilot Comminity feel its worthwhile sharing or if it is too long / boring.
We are intending to use it a briefing tool for customers, press and partners, so it is written assuming the reader has no prior knowledge of the National Pilot.
I would welcome any comments feedback or ideas for improvement!
RACC is organising an event on Monday 22nd Feb for NHS professionals and Adult Education called 'Working Together' .
FACT: Recent Figures obtained through a Freedom of Information request showed the budgets for mental health trusts fell by 2% from 2013/14 to 2014/15.
I first saw a link to the MHFE virtual secondees project on the NSUN (that’s National Survivor User Network) mailing and was really interested. I am a mental health service user, but had 6 years experience teaching in FE and HE. Funnily enough, I think it was the stress of this work that pushed me to breaking point! I became ill with stress and then after I lost my job my condition deteriorated. As part of my own recovery I completed an MA and then just last year finished an NVQ in Beauty therapy.
In 2012, Time to Change piloted a special campaign for young people in the West Midlands area, starting with the release of Stand Up Kid, an online film that aims to change attitudes towards mental illness amongst 14-18 year olds.
The film shows teenager Michael coming back to school after being off with depression. Teased by his classmates, he takes a stand against the jokes and tells them what it really means to live with a mental health problem.
I have been interested to find out about recovery colleges, their focus and their aims to improve life chances and opportunities for people with MH issues. Have a look at the following site it explores the journey learners have to go on yet further exposes the gulf between the learner with treated mental health issues and the non mental health learner: http:/www.swlstg-tr.nhs.uk/our-service/south-west-london-recovery-college/
Still highly relevant to and for the 2015/16 BIS Community Learning Mental Health Pilot, this 2011 event explored the existing and emerging evidence base to underpin mental health and learning in FACES learning. We grateful thanks to presenters and delegates for their permissions, we are pleased to bring you presentations, photos, videos and more from this event.
Submitted by admin on Fri, 05/08/2011 - 13:49
Video title: The challenges of experiencing mental ill-health. (4.47 mins)
David Allen, Voices Empowered
David describes the impact of mental ill-health in his own life and the need to combat stigma.
Submitted by admin on Fri, 05/08/2011 - 11:59
Video title: Voices Empowered - making a difference in the future. (2.39 mins)
Val Binns, Voices Empowered.
Val explains how effective support from a range of services has helped her and her colleagues to develop the service user led organisation Voices Empowered.
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