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			<title><![CDATA[Service User Interviewers Required to Work in partnership with Research Team]]></title>
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Research to
review the quality of Independent Mental Health Advocate services in
England ADVERTService User Interviewers
Required to Work in partnership with Research
TeamUniversity of Central Lancashire are
looking to recruit 6-8 people who have used mental health services to become research...]]></description>
			<author>Tony Jameson-Allen &lt;no-reply@www.nmhdu.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:26:41 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.nmhdu.org.uk/news/service-user-interviewers-required-to-work-in-partnership-with-research-team/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tenders invited for Drinkwise Northwest Dual Diagnosis Pilot: Mental Illness and Alcohol Project. Closing Date 17 September 2010]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Mental Health Improvement Programme, National Mental Health Development Unit invites tenders for the Drinkwise Northwest Dual Diagnosis Pilot: Mental Illness and Alcohol Project.
Background Information
The
 Alcohol Improvement Programme (AIP) of the Department of Health (DH) 
through its Reg...]]></description>
			<author>Tony Jameson-Allen &lt;no-reply@www.nmhdu.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:49:50 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.nmhdu.org.uk/news/tenders-invited-for-drinkwise-northwest-dual-diagnosis-pilot-mental-illness-and-alcohol-project-closing-date-17-september-2010/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Minister announces re-shaping of mental health strategy]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[In an article published by Community Care on 2 September 2010 (excerpt below), Paul Burstow, Care Services Minister confirms the commencement of work to re-shape mental health strategy
  "The Coalition has already signalled its support for IAPT, committing £70m this financial year to establish more...]]></description>
			<author>Tony Jameson-Allen &lt;no-reply@www.nmhdu.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:45:29 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.nmhdu.org.uk/news/minister-announces-reshaping-of-mental-health-strategy/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Service User and Carer Opportunities for Involvement in National Developments in Mental Health- Closing date 31 August]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
If you have personal experience of mental distress, learning disability and/or dual diagnosis (drug or alcohol misuse), and have experience of the criminal justice system within a custody, court, prison or post- release setting or provide friends/family carer support to somebody who has, then this...]]></description>
			<author>Tony Jameson-Allen &lt;no-reply@www.nmhdu.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:31:47 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.nmhdu.org.uk/news/service-user-and-carer-opportunities-for-involvement-in-national-developments-in-mental-health-closing-date-31-august/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Apply to be a recovery demonstration site- deadline 30 September]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Can you put recovery at the heart of your services?
Having developed a framework by which organisations might become more recovery-orientated, Centre for Mental Health, in partnership with NMHDU and the NHS Confederation, is now looking for demonstration sites to help put it into practice.
The pro...]]></description>
			<author>Tony Jameson-Allen &lt;no-reply@www.nmhdu.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:46:35 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.nmhdu.org.uk/news/apply-to-be-a-recovery-demonstration-site-deadline-30-september/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Meeting the psychological and emotional needs of people who are homeless-  Non-statutory guidance on dealing with complex trauma ]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[ 
 www.communities.gov.uk
from the National Mental Health Development Unit and the Department for Communities and Local Government
This guide describes effective ways of recognising and meeting the psychological and emotional needs of people who have experienced homelessness, are sleeping rough o...]]></description>
			<author>Tony Jameson-Allen &lt;no-reply@www.nmhdu.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:47:14 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.nmhdu.org.uk/news/meeting-the-psychological-and-emotional-needs-of-people-who-are-homeless--nonstatutory-guidance-on-dealing-with-complex-trauma-/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[THE TRIANGLE OF CARE:CARERS INCLUDED - A Best Practice Guide in Acute Mental Health Care]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[  The Princess Royal Trust for Carers and the National Mental Health
Development Unit will today (28 July 2010) publish The Triangle of Care - Carers
Included: A Best Practice Guide in Acute Mental Health Care.  The guide emphasises the need for better local strategic involvement of
carers and fa...]]></description>
			<author>Tony Jameson-Allen &lt;no-reply@www.nmhdu.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:25:11 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.nmhdu.org.uk/news/the-triangle-of-carecarers-included--a-best-practice-guide-in-acute-mental-health-care/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Implementing Recovery - Organisational Change]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[
Implementing Recovery - Organisational Change (ImROC) uses the 
methodology developed by the Centre for Mental Health  (formally the 
Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health)  summarised in &lsquo;Implementing Recovery: A methodology for organisational change' (Shepherd, Boardman and Burns, 2010).  T...]]></description>
			<author>Tony Jameson-Allen &lt;no-reply@www.nmhdu.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:29:52 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.nmhdu.org.uk/news/implementing-recovery--organisational-change/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[NMHDU Mental Health Factfiles available to download]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[We have published 7 short documents outlining key facts and figures on Mental Health
Download the individual factfiles by clicking on the links below or download a zip file containing all 7 documents by clicking here
  
  
  
Download Factfile 1
Download Factfile 2
Download Factfile 3
 
 
...]]></description>
			<author>Tony Jameson-Allen &lt;no-reply@www.nmhdu.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:52:15 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.nmhdu.org.uk/news/nmhdu-factfiles-/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Recovery and Resilience: African, African-Caribbean and South Asian Women's Narratives of Recovering from Mental Distress]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[This project aims to explore the concept of recovery from the 
perspectives of African, African-Caribbean and South Asian women using 
in-depth interviews that will focus on positive stories of recovery from
 mental distress.  Through these interviews, we hope to explore the 
language that women...]]></description>
			<author>Tony Jameson-Allen &lt;no-reply@www.nmhdu.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:01:30 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.nmhdu.org.uk/news/recovery-and-resilience-african-africancaribbean-and-south-asian-womens-narratives-of-recovering-from-mental-distress/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Guardian Public Service Awards 2010- Entries Now Open]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The 
Guardian's Public Services Awards 2010 now invite entries. The awards, which are now in their seventh year, 
­comprise 12 team awards divided into two categories: service delivery, 
and innovation and progress. They aim to recognise public servants 
working in areas ranging from children an...]]></description>
			<author>Tony Jameson-Allen &lt;no-reply@www.nmhdu.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:19:30 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.nmhdu.org.uk/news/guardian-public-service-awards-2010-entries-now-open/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Use of mental health services by minority ethnic groups in England]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Over the last decade, four new types of mental health care have been 
introduced in the English NHS. This study, published by the North East Public Health Observatory examines how far these have 
been used in the care of minority ethnic groups.
To read more and to download a copy of this newly pu...]]></description>
			<author>Tony Jameson-Allen &lt;no-reply@www.nmhdu.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 08:53:56 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.nmhdu.org.uk/news/use-of-mental-health-services-by-minority-ethnic-groups-in-england/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Establishing Peer Led Services- Postive Practice Example]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[One of the things that's been amazingly successful about this 
initiative is that the people who actually have trained, graduated from 
their training, just about universally see that training itself as a 
major step forward for them in their own recovery - it does something 
deeply personal in ...]]></description>
			<author>Tony Jameson-Allen &lt;no-reply@www.nmhdu.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:55:39 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.nmhdu.org.uk/news/establishing-peer-led-services-postive-practice-example/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[News Items Archive]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Previously released news items on the NMHDU website
Invitation to Tender for Developing Equalities Organisational Development Project
Posted: 18th March 2010nmhdu tender opportunityFind out more
CQC's position statement and action plan for mental health published today 
Posted: 18th March 2010NM...]]></description>
			<author>Tony Jameson-Allen &lt;no-reply@www.nmhdu.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:26:03 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.nmhdu.org.uk/news/news-items-archive/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Attitudes to mental illness 2010 research report]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The latest national statistics on Attitudes to 
Mental Illness prepared for NMHDU Shift programme and produced by the Department of Health were released on 30 
March 2010 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics 
Authority. Since March 1994, the Department of Health has placed...]]></description>
			<author>Tony Jameson-Allen &lt;no-reply@www.nmhdu.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:18:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.nmhdu.org.uk/news/attitudes-to-mental-illness-2010-research-report/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Supporting Implementation Conferences]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Supporting Implementation of the New Mental Health Act 2007 -Series of ConferencesAs
part of the implementation programme for the new Mental Health Act we
are running a series of FREE Conferences early in 2008 for
professionals to discuss the changes to professional roles. Click here to download ...]]></description>
			<author>Tony Jameson-Allen &lt;no-reply@www.nmhdu.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:00:13 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.nmhdu.org.uk/our-work/improving-mental-health-care-pathways/implementing-the-amended-mental-health-act-1983/news/supporting-implementation-conferences/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Commencement No. 3 Order]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Mental Health Act 2007 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2007 brings into effect a number of amendments to the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005.  Most of the five provisions set out below (only) came into force on 1
October 2007. However two of these five provisions, relating to...]]></description>
			<author>Tony Jameson-Allen &lt;no-reply@www.nmhdu.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:58:56 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.nmhdu.org.uk/our-work/improving-mental-health-care-pathways/implementing-the-amended-mental-health-act-1983/news/commencement-no-3-order/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Northern Ireland]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Northern Ireland equivalent of the Mental Health Act 1983 (which
in general extends to England and Wales) is the Mental Health (Northern
Ireland) Order 1986. A detained patient can only be moved
between a hospital in England or Wales and one in Northern Ireland
under authority if a warrant i...]]></description>
			<author>Tony Jameson-Allen &lt;no-reply@www.nmhdu.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:56:41 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.nmhdu.org.uk/our-work/improving-mental-health-care-pathways/implementing-the-amended-mental-health-act-1983/news/northern-ireland/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bill receives Royal Assent]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Bill Now Law
The Bill finished its passage through Parliament on 4 July 2007 and received Royal Assent on 19 July. Several changes were agreed when the Lords considered the Commons amendments, on Monday 2 July - to make respect for diversity an explicit issue for the statement of principles, settin...]]></description>
			<author>Tony Jameson-Allen &lt;no-reply@www.nmhdu.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:54:21 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.nmhdu.org.uk/our-work/improving-mental-health-care-pathways/implementing-the-amended-mental-health-act-1983/news/bill-receives-royal-assent/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Self Assessment Tool]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Legislation Programme developed a Self Assessment Tool (the origional 'SAT'), to support organisational governance. It helped
organisations providing services under the Act to prepare for a timely
and effective implementation of the new legislation.The SAT
enabled providers and commissioning ...]]></description>
			<author>Tony Jameson-Allen &lt;no-reply@www.nmhdu.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:52:39 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.nmhdu.org.uk/our-work/improving-mental-health-care-pathways/implementing-the-amended-mental-health-act-1983/news/self-assessment-tool/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Changes to the Mental Health Review Tribunal from 3 November 2008
The
Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 contains provisions for a
new judicial and legal framework to complement the common
administrative arrangements of the Tribunals Service. The Act allows for the creation of two new tr...]]></description>
			<author>Tony Jameson-Allen &lt;no-reply@www.nmhdu.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:50:25 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.nmhdu.org.uk/our-work/improving-mental-health-care-pathways/implementing-the-amended-mental-health-act-1983/news/tribunals-courts-and-enforcement-act-2007/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Products and Activities]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[This is a list of the key deliverables and activities the NMHDU
Implementation Programme has been commisioned to undertake by the
Department of Health.This work involves all the regions and workstreams of the Programme and until the end of the programme.
National Service User & Carer (SUCS) Group...]]></description>
			<author>Tony Jameson-Allen &lt;no-reply@www.nmhdu.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:48:29 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.nmhdu.org.uk/our-work/improving-mental-health-care-pathways/implementing-the-amended-mental-health-act-1983/news/products-and-activities/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Summary of the Amendments]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[These are the main changes to the 1983 Act made by the 2007 Act:Definition of Mental Disorder: it changes the way the 1983 Act defines mental disorder, so that a
single definition applies throughout the Act, and abolishes references
to categories of disorder. These amendments complement the change...]]></description>
			<author>Tony Jameson-Allen &lt;no-reply@www.nmhdu.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:46:54 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.nmhdu.org.uk/our-work/improving-mental-health-care-pathways/implementing-the-amended-mental-health-act-1983/news/summary-of-the-amendments/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Top 10 myths and Confusions]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Mental Health Act 20071. THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1983 IS BEING REPLACEDThe Mental Health Act 2007 replaces the Mental Health Act 1983 - No it doesn't!
Basic mental health legislation remains the Mental Health Act 1983, the 2007 Act just amends it. 
The
1983 Act has been amended before, eg Mental He...]]></description>
			<author>Tony Jameson-Allen &lt;no-reply@www.nmhdu.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:45:09 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.nmhdu.org.uk/our-work/improving-mental-health-care-pathways/implementing-the-amended-mental-health-act-1983/news/top-10-myths-and-confusions/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[Commencement Plan]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Commencement Plan was supplied by the Department of Health. The dates represent the current intentions of the Department as at May 9th 2008. This information is indicative only and is liable to change as the commencement is rolled out. Please do not take this information to be definitive. The pl...]]></description>
			<author>Tony Jameson-Allen &lt;no-reply@www.nmhdu.org.uk&gt;</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:37:32 +0100</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.nmhdu.org.uk/our-work/improving-mental-health-care-pathways/implementing-the-amended-mental-health-act-1983/news/commencement-plan/</link>
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