Mental health: Government Policy

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• Delivering high quality, effective, compassionate care: developing the right people with the right skills and the right values
  This is a mandate from the government to Health Education England (HEE). It provides details of the strategic objectives of the government in the areas of workforce planning, health education, and training and developmen ...
  
  Publisher: Department of Health (DH)
  Published Date: 2013
  
  
• Ensuring a good education for children who cannot attend school because of health needs: statutory guidance for local authorities
  Local authorities must have regard for this statutory guidance when carrying out their duty to arrange suitable full-time education (or part-time when appropriate for the child’s needs) for children who are unable to att ...
  
  Publisher: Department for Education (DfE)
  Published Date: 2013
  
  
• Public Health England's priorities for 2013 to 2014
  This document sets out Public Health England's (PHE) priorities in 2013 to 2014. Local action will drive sustainable change in the public’s health, but PHE are committed to taking action on a national scale where it make ...
  
  Publisher: Public Health England (PHE)
  Published Date: 2013
  
  
• Sure Start children's centre statutory guidance
  This statutory guidance from the Department for Education replaces the previous Sure Start children’s centres statutory guidance published in October 2010.
  
  Publisher: Department for Education (DfE)
  Published Date: 2013
  
  
• Statutory guidance on joint strategic needs assessments and joint health and wellbeing strategies
  This guidance from the Department of Health (DH) explains the duties and powers of joint strategic needs assessments (JSNAs) and joint health and wellbeing strategies (JHWSs).
  
  Publisher: Department of Health (DH)
  Published Date: 2013
  
  
• NHS Constitution for England
  This Constitution establishes the principles and values of the NHS in England. It sets out rights to which patients, public and staff are entitled, and pledges which the NHS is committed to achieve, together with resp ...
  
  Publisher: Department of Health (DH)
  Published Date: 2013
  
  
• The young person's guide to the Children and Families Bill
  The Children and Families Bill takes forward the Coalition Government’s commitments to improve services for vulnerable children and support strong families. It underpins wider reforms to ensure that all children and youn ...
  
  Publisher: Department for Education
  Published Date: 2013
  
  
• Improving children and young people’s health outcomes: a system wide response
  This is the Government's response to the Children and Young People's Outcomes Forum's report. It sets out the actions already undertaken, those in progress and those planned in response to the recommendations.
  
  Publisher: Department of Health (DH)
  Published Date: 2013
  
  
• Examining multi-agency responses to children and young people who sexually offend
  This is a joint inspection of the effectiveness of multi-agency work with children and young people in England and Wales who have committed sexual offences and were supervised in the community.
  
  Publisher: HM Inspectorate of Probation
  Published Date: 2013
  
  
• Children and Families Bill 2013
  The Children and Families Bill aims to take forward the Coalition Government’s commitments to improve services for vulnerable children and support strong families. The Bill will reform the systems for adoption, looked af ...
  
  Publisher: Department for Education (DfE)
  Published Date: 2013
  
  
• Placement of looked after children in EU member states
  This advice from the Department for Education has been produced to help local authorities understand their responsibilities under Article 56 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 concerning jurisdiction and the recogni ...
  
  Publisher: Department for Education (DfE)
  Published Date: 2013
  
  
• Everyone counts: planning for patients 2013/14
  This document outlines the incentives and levers that will be used to improve services from April 2013, the first year of the new NHS.
  
  Publisher: NHS Commissioning Board
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• Compassion in practice: nursing, midwifery and care staff - our vision and strategy
  This three-year vision and strategy for nursing, midwifery and care staff aims to build a culture of compassionate care in all areas of practice.
  
  Publisher: Department of Health (DH)
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• Ending gang and youth violence report - one year on
  This report sets out the ways in which the government will support the people working locally - from health, education, Jobcentre Plus, community safety teams, and criminal justice partners - to stop gang and youth viole ...
  
  Publisher: Home Office
  Published Date: 2012
  
  
• Improving health and care: the role of the outcomes frameworks
  This report sets out how the three outcomes frameworks (adult social care, the NHS and public health) work together to achieve the desired outcomes for the health and care system.
  
  Publisher: Department of Health (DH)
  Published Date: 2012