Communications Update
| Pages | 31-32 |
| Published date | 01 December 2002 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/13619322200200039 |
| Date | 01 December 2002 |
| Subject Matter | Health & social care |
The Mental Health Review Volume 7 Issue 4 December 2002 ©Pavilion Publishing (Brighton) 2002 31
Communications Update
Government Publications
Department of Health (2002) Draft Mental Health Bill.
London: The Stationery Office.
Department of Health (2002) Draft Mental Health Bill –
Explanatory Notes. London: The Stationery Office.
Department of Health (2002) Health Promoting Prisons:
A Shared Approach. Leeds: Department of Health.
Advice for staff in prisons, the NHS and voluntary
organisations whose role is to promote health in prisons.
Available from Department of Health, PO Box 777, London
SE1 6XH.
Department of Health (2002) Mental Health Policy
Implementation Guide: Adult Acute Inpatient Care
Provision. London: Department of Health.
Available from Department of Health, PO Box 777, London
SE1 6XH.
A copy of the guidance is at:
www.doh.gov.uk/mentalhealth/inpatientcp.pdf
Department of Health (2002) Mental Health Policy
Implementation Guide: Dual Diagnosis and Good Practice
Guide. London: Department of Health.
Available from Department of Health, PO Box 777, London
SE1 6XH.
This guide summarises current policy and good practice in
the provision of mental health services to people with severe
mental health problems and problematic substance misuse.
Related website:
http://www.acpc.gov.uk/mentalhealth/dualdiag.pdf
A copy of the guidance is at:
www.doh.gov.uk/mentalhealth/index.htm
Department of Health (2002) Mental Health Policy
Implementation Guide: National Minimum Standards for
General Adult Services in Psychiatric Intensive Care Units
(PICU) and Low Secure Environments. London:
Department of Health.
Available from Department of Health, PO Box 777, London
SE1 6XH.
This document presents the national standards for general
adult services in psychiatric intensive care units (PICU) and
low secure environments.
Related website:
http://www.acpc.gov.uk/mentalhealth/piculse.pdf
Department of Health (2002) Mental Health NSF Stage
4: Local Implementation Plans (LIP4). London:
Department of Health.
This letter provides notification of the requirements for the
submission of stage 4 local implementation plans to Health
Authority/Social Services Inspectorate mental health leads.
A copy of the letter is at:
www.doh.gov.uk/publications/index.html
Department of Health (2002) National Suicide
Prevention Strategy. London: Department of Health.
The strategy is available at www.doh.gov.uk
Department of Health (2002) New Arrangements for the
Performance Management and Commissioning of High
Security Psychiatric Services. London: Department of
Health.
This report sets out the arrangements, approved by
ministers, for the devolution of performance management of
high security services to strategic health authorities and
revised arrangements for commissioning these services.
Department of Health (2002) Visits by Children to
Ashworth, Broadmoor and Rampton Hospitals. London:
Department of Health, Children’s Safeguards Unit,
Room 1009, Wellington House, London SE1 8UG.
An internal review of the directions and guidance previously
issued by the Department of Health has identified a number
of key questions, in respect of which the Department now
wishes to seek the views of all those involved in the
assessment and decision making processes.
Related website:
http://www.acpc.gov.uk/visitconsultation.pdf
Department of Health (2002) Relaxation of High
Security Hospital Security Arrangements for MHRT
Members. London: Department of Health.
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