Drug watchdog to change cost guidelines
The drugs watchdog Nice is to change the way it makes decisions on NHS treatments, bringing to an end decisions on care of terminally ill patients made solely on cost-efficiency grounds.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence announced yesterday it would be setting out new drug approval guidelines for “less common” illnesses on 2 January.
Recession could raise risk of suicide
December 24, 2008 by admin
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The Guardian reports on a Samaritans warning that the recession could raise the risk of suicide.
Mental Health Advocacy Lancashire
December 24, 2008 by admin
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Real Advocacy provide mental health advocacy in Lancashire.
Mental Health Advocacy Cumbria
Real Advocacy provide mental health advocacy in Cumbria.
Mental Health Advocacy Cheshire
Real Advocacy provide mental health advocacy in Cheshire.
Mental Health Advocacy Liverpool
Real Advocacy provide mental health advocacy in Liverpool.
What services to Real Advocacy provide?
December 21, 2008 by admin
Filed under Mental Health Advocacy, Services
Real Advocacy specialise in Mental Health Advocacy.
Real Advocacy currently are commisioned to provide specialist mental health advocacy in a range of locations across the North West of England.
Real Advocacy provides services in both NHS and independently run in-patient settings.
Our provision delivers specialist mental health advocacy to a broad spectrum of service users including Adults and Young People.
What is Mental Health Advocacy?
December 21, 2008 by admin
Filed under Mental Health Advocacy, What is Mental Health Advocacy?
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Mental health advocacy aims:
- To help safeguard the rights of service users – both rights under mental health policy and law and rights as citizens
- To empower service users to make informed decisions about their care and treatment and to take greater control over their lives
- To support service users to get their views heard
- To represent the views of service users as if they were their own if the service user wishes it
- To support service users in seeking resolution to issues which concern them
- To protect service users who are particularly vulnerable for reasons of their illness or lack of capacity to make informed descisions
- To feedback issues raised by service users to those providing and commissioning services so that services an be constantly improved
Real Advocacy Core Standards
December 21, 2008 by web admin
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All our advocates are:
- Fully Insured
- Criminal Records Bureau Checked (CRB) at the enhanced level
We strictly adhere to the requirements of the data protection legislation in the UK, in particular the Data Protection Act 1988.
The service principles
Independent – The service should be free from influence from the providers of healh and social care, and advocates should have no conflicts of interest.
Empowering – Advocates should always support the service user to be heard. This means that the first thing advocates need to do is listen. Advocates should then either support service users to speak for themselves, or (if the service user is not able to do this) represent the service user’s views as if they were their own. The ultimate goal of specialist advocacy should be to enable service users to grow toward advocating for themselves wherever possible.
Inclusive - The service should recognise the diversity of eligible service users and ensure no-one is prevented from accessing the service because of a difference in language, culture, disability or capacity.
Impartial – Advocates should not judge service users. When a service user is seriously mentally ill, an advocate may be the only person she/he sees who is not responsible for assessing, treating and monitoring his/her illness/condition. This means that advocates should listen to and hear the service user’s report as their and therefore valid
Confidential - All discussions between a service user and an advocate should be treated confidentially. Confidentiality should only be broken when a service user threatens harm to him/herself or others.
Mental Health Advocacy Manchester
December 21, 2008 by admin
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Real Advocacy provide mental health advocacy in Manchester.