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- Working it Out: A new, free employment resource from Shift
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- University helps to develop free dual diagnosis e-learning course
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- Tenders invited for Drinkwise Northwest Dual Diagnosis Pilot: Mental Illness and Alcohol Project. Closing Date 17 September 2010
- Service User and Carer Opportunities for Involvement in National Developments in Mental Health- Closing date 31 August
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- THE TRIANGLE OF CARE:CARERS INCLUDED - A Best Practice Guide in Acute Mental Health Care
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- Vacancy: Senior Policy and Campaigns Project Officer (refugee and asylum). Closing Date 24 May
- Invitation to Tender: Scoping current input and potential of the Third Sector organisations to provide or contribute to Liaison and Diversion service.
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- NHS Direct Launches online Mental Health Advice
- Guardian Public Services Awards 2009 Shortlist Announced
- Book Online Now- National Learning Disability Conference on Sexual Abuse- 23 Nov London
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- Free Personalisation workshops, June and July 2009, London
- A new DVD for training services to take account of the needs of children and young people
- New publication: Working Together To Provide Age-Appropriate Environments And Services For Mental Health Patients Aged Under 18. June 2009.
- Alert: Important information about swine flu
- Shoulder to Shoulder - a new DVD for IMHA
- Vacancy- Financial capability programme within the mental health sector.- Closing Date 20 November
- Time to Change – Get involved this summer and autumn
- Profile of Ian McPherson as director of NMHDU in the Guardian Society
- NMHDU is working with the National Survivor User Network (NSUN)
- Doncaster and Rotherham CHL
- Anxiety and Depression- Supporting Early Identification of Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Vascular Dementia
- The National Suicide Prevention Strategy Annual Report on Progress 2008 published
- Mental Health Act Commission 13th Biennial Report published
- Consultation on Fair Access to Social Care - for mental health service users, councils should consider the benefits of synchronising reviews for social care and for the Care Programme Approach framework
- New good practice report for inpatient services with young service users with acute mental health needs
- Acute Care - Getting the Medicines Right published
- Talkwell - a new conversation training resource
- The Care Quality Commission mental health strategy
- View the Health and Social Care Awards 2009 national winners and finalists
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- Guide to consent to treatment and admission for under 16s and 16 and 17 year olds
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- Invitation to Tender- Mapping - Closing Date 19 March 2010
- Invitation to Tender for Mapping - Closing Date 19 March 2010
- New Website Goes Live 1 July 2010
- Liberating Mental Health Services- Sitra Bulletin
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- Children's Mental Health - Sustaining improvement, building capacity. 2 March 2011. London
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Across Cultures: Challenges and Possibilities. London 7 March 2011
- Care Pathways in Mental Health, London 8 March 2011
- Advocacy and Mental Health. 10 March 2011 London
- Equality Act 2010 and Mental Health - Free Webinar 9am-9:45am- 24 March 2011
- Improving the care and experience for patients detained under the Mental Health Act. 24 March 2011. London
- Mental Well-being Impact Assessment Learning Event. London . 30 March 2011
- 'No Health Without Mental Health': activating the new Mental Health strategy. London. 5 April 2011
- NICE Annual Conference 2011 Birmingham 10-11 May 2011
- Complex Families: Multisystemic Solutions. London 7 July
- Race Equality in Healthcare- London 13 October
- Personalisation. Making it work! - Effective methods of involving service users and developing leadership. 18 November 2010. London
- Ensuring Compliance with the Mental Capacity Act: Five Years on. 13 January 2011. London
- Launch of a New Report- Recovery Begins with Hope-30 November 2010 London
- Measuring well-being: A need or a political strategy? 19 January 2011, London
- Measuring, Monitoring and Improving Outcomes in Mental Health. 18 January 2011. London
- Well-being and mental health: A public health agenda for the future 8 December 2010 London
- Is your patient ready for treatment? 9 November 2010. London
- Personalisation. Making it work! - Effective methods of involving service users and developing leadership. 18 November 2010. London
- Suicide: Prevention and best practice with young people. 14 December 2010. London
- Psychological Therapies in the NHS. 02 - 03 December. London
- Trauma and adult mental health- Taking steps on the road to recovery. 30 November London
- Personalisation and recovery 2 Dec. London
- Community and Primary Care Services for Deaf People Symposium, Cambridge - 4th November 2010
- Meeting the Challenge-Driving Quality and Productivity through mental health commissioning 20 October 2010 Manchester
- The Contribution of Carers to the Care,Treatment and Recovery, 13 October 2009, London
- 10th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, 21-24 September 2010, London
- Better Commissioning for Mental Health through PbR and other System Reforms- "The whole is greater than the sum of the parts" London 10 June and Leeds 21 June
- World Class Mental Health Commissioning 2009 - Making an impact?, 19 October 2009, London
- Meeting the Challenge-Driving Quality and Productivity through mental health commissioning
- Race Equality in Healthcare- London 13 October
- Achieving effective practice in male mental health. 11 January 2011. london
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