Education
Exam stress for school children
Exam stress clearly affects children in the UK, and there’s some evidence from counselling services and school leaders that it’s a growing problem. Read
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Mental health
Fact checks covering mental health service provisioning, self harm, suicide, anxiety and depression
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Mental health during pregnancy
Around one in four pregnant mothers studied by King’s College London had a mental health disorder, but the study wasn’t designed to be representative of all pregnant women in the UK. Read
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Mental health crisis care
Liaison psychiatry is available in nearly all A&Es in England. More than half of these are 24/7, but the extent of care provision still varies across them. Read
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Mental health staff in the NHS
The number of mental health doctors and nurses in the NHS has been falling. Read
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NHS spending on mental health
NHS England spent £11.6 billion on mental health in 2016/17. Read
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Mental health: staff working in talking therapies
Staff numbers working in the talking therapies programme for people with anxiety and depression have risen by at least 2,850 since 2012. Read
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Mental Health in England: Jeremy Hunt vs Ralf Little
The actor and the Health Secretary got into a dispute on Twitter over mental health services in England. We factchecked their claims. Read
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Were no psychiatric beds available anywhere in England at the weekend?
NHS England say it’s incorrect there were no psychiatric beds available overnight across England on 28 October 2017. Previously services providers have said no beds of particular types were free. Read
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The number of detentions under the Mental Health Act is rising
The number of people detained under the Mental Health Act has increased by 47% in ten years. Read
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Heartache in Hertsmere: the unhappiest place in the UK?
“Overall, how happy did you feel yesterday”, the Office for National Statistics asks people every year. Read
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