Wednesday, October 22, 2003

Mental health services for ethnic minorities to be overhauled (UK)
Brief item at Health and Care - " The Government has set up a radical review of mental health services for ethnic minorities and promised to recruit 500 staff specifically focused on work with black and Asian people. ... The review takes the form of a combination of immediate action and consultation over future plans. A document called Delivering race equality: a framework for action, launched by the Department of Health on 17 October, identifies priorities for improvement and will be the basis for meetings across England to take place over the next three months. The National Institute for Mental Health England (NIMHE) is establishing a major implementation programme and creating nine new senior posts to lead on race equality." See also Consultation framework for black and ethnic minorities at the NHS web site, information about the report and the full report itself, Delivering Race Equality: A Framework for Action (Adobe Acrobat format).