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Bristol Community Support Services
Services and Groups | Last updated: 11/03/2024
The support service has been working for many years to support adults above 18 who live within the area covered by Bristol City Council to make a positive difference in their lives. The service works with anybody who has mental health problem. We support people within the community to identify their strengths and work towards empowering them. Our Support is based on values of recovery and social inclusion, and we have found people that use our service become more independent, confident, and resilient. The service uses a person-centred approach spending time to identify what you would like to work towards. We focus on smart goals at a pace that varies from person-to-person to improve their overall wellbeing.
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Challenging cuts to mental health services
Advice and information | 15 min read | Last updated: 08/03/2024
Sometimes local authorities or the NHS make cuts or closures to mental health services. They may say this is needed to modernise services, or for financial reasons. It is possible for you to challenge cuts or closures and this section suggests ways you can do this. This section is for people living with mental illness, their carers and anyone else who wants to challenge cuts.
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North Devon Supported Living Services - Gloster Road
Services and Groups | Last updated: 19/02/2024
Gloster Road is a supported living service providing accommodation with support commissioned by Devon Partnership Trust NHS and Devon County Council. We have a friendly, mixed-gender team of Mental Health Recovery Workers who provide 1:1 support to our clients, as well as hosting various group activities and outings. This service is a support and enabling, mental health specific service, providing recovery support to our clients with a goal of moving on to independence within 2 years. We also offer spaces on our Community Outreach team so that clients can continue to be supported in their own homes where needed, with a view to gradually reduce support hours as support needs change. Our staff teams are interlinked, and support planning is carried out in the same way, meaning consistency from one service to the other.
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Complaining about the NHS or social services
Advice and information | 18 min read | Last updated: 20/06/2023
This section explains how you can make a complaint about the NHS or social services and what support you can get. This information is for people affected by mental illness in England who are 18 or over and their carers, relatives and friends.
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Social care - Charging for non-residential services under the Care Act 2014
Advice and information | 13 min read | Last updated: 08/03/2024
If you need social care, the local authority will decide if you need to pay towards the cost. This factsheet looks at when social services may charge you for non-residential care services you get in the community. This information is for adults affected by mental illness in England and their loved ones and carers. It’s also for anyone else interested in the subject.
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Bristol Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic Service (part of Bristol Community Support services)
Services and Groups | Last updated: 12/03/2024
The Bristol Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic Service works with existing Bristol Community Support Services in responding appropriately to the mental health needs of people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds. Rethink Bristol services support people to recover a better quality of life through one-to-one support in accessing community facilities. The BME service works in partnership with statutory mental health teams and the BME voluntary sector to improve access to services for BME people. We recognise that people may wish to communicate in a language other than English, therefore access to interpreters can be arranged. Service literature is available in Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu.
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We respond to CQC review of Nottinghamshire mental health services
1 min read | Last updated: 26/03/2024
Today the Care Quality Commission has published a review of mental health services in Nottinghamshire, which was commissioned by the health secretary following the sentencing of Valdo Calocane earlier this year. Brian Dow, Deputy Chief Executive of Rethink Mental Illness, said: “Given the tragic and preventable loss of life in Nottingham which sparked...
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“Systemic inequalities” – why it is so important for us to run dedicated BAME services
Last updated: 09/10/2023
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How our services are providing social connections during Covid-19
Last updated: 09/10/2023
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How our services are adapting to provide great care during Covid-19
Last updated: 09/10/2023
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Involving people living with mental illness in the creation of their own services
Last updated: 08/12/2023
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Primary and community mental health services to be improved with £1m investment
4 min read | Last updated: 14/05/2021
£1million will be invested in to primary and community mental health services in Sheffield over the next three years.The national charity, Rethink Mental Illness, has selected Sheffield to be one of four national sites in England to develop new models of delivering mental health care with voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs). The funding...
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Rethink Mental Illness welcomes new NHS waiting times for mental health services
1 min read | Last updated: 11/03/2019
The NHS have today announced that it will respond to emergency mental health needs within one hour under new national standards. For people accessing emergency mental health services in the community, it will be 24 hours. The new standards will be tested this year across various pilot sites. In its long-term plan, NHS England said the targets would...
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Prioritise services for adults with severe mental illness, says All Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health
3 min read | Last updated: 09/10/2023
“People are being tipped into crisis waiting for treatment…” Adults with severe mental illnesses are struggling to get support, as ‘core’ mental health services have been left behind by the government’s mental health strategy, according to a report published by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Mental Health today. Published ahead of the...
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NAO report shows mental health services struggling under the weight of inordinate pressure
1 min read | Last updated: 09/02/2023
The National Audit Office has published a report documenting the progress made to improve mental health services in England. Here, we respond to their findings. Mark Winstanley, Chief Executive, Rethink Mental Illness: “This is a snapshot of mental health services struggling under the weight of inordinate pressure. Important progress has been made...
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Putting coproduction at the heart of our suicide prevention services
Last updated: 09/10/2023
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We respond to annual CQC report on the state of health and social care services
1 min read | Last updated: 20/10/2023
The Care Quality Commission has published its State of Care report, an annual assessment of health and social care services across England. Mark Winstanley, Chief Executive of Rethink Mental Illness, said: “Everyone across the mental health sector is working desperately hard to keep services afloat in the face of rising demand and there is progress...
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Our services and groups
1 min read | Last updated: 20/06/2023
Our services and groups We know that if people don’t receive the right support, mental illness can destroy their lives. We recognise gaps in service provision and respond to these by developing and delivering services that provide high-quality care and support to people severely affected by mental illness. Our services keep people living with mental...
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Discounted will writing services
1 min read | Last updated: 09/10/2023
Discounted will writing services If you are keen to make a gift in your will to help people affected severely by mental illness but want to know more about the three offers below then call us on 020 7840 3032 or email nicole.young@rethink.org
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Other Services and Organisations
Services and Groups | 6 min read | Last updated: 29/11/2023
We have included information about a range of other useful services, resources and organisations that may be of use to you. Counselling and bereavement support for adults Sunflowers Suicide Support – Gloucestershire based charity providing support following the loss of a loved one to suicide. Sunflowers offer a range of both practical and emotional...
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