Improving The Physical Health and Wellbeing of Adult Users of Mental Health Services Through Multi-Agency Working (Adobe Acrobat document)
"A number of recommendations arising from a research project exploring perceptions of the physical health of adults with serious mental health problems have been implemented in the Cambridge locality of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, in England over the last two years. This project reported on findings from parallel focus groups discussions with service users and carers plus interviews with front-line inpatient and community mental health staff..."
Thursday, December 16, 2004
Washington Post story - "Almost one-fifth of the Food and Drug Administration scientists surveyed two years ago as part of an official review said they had been pressured to recommend approval of a new drug despite reservations about its safety, effectiveness or quality. The survey of almost 400 scientists also found that a majority had significant doubts about the adequacy of federal programs to monitor prescription drugs once they are on the market, and that more than a third were not particularly confident of the agency's ability to assess the safety of a drug. The results of the survey, conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general, appear to support some portions of the controversial Senate testimony last month by FDA safety officer David J. Graham." [Viewing Washington Post stories requires registration, which is free.]
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