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Bath Spa University earns Mental Health Charter Award for whole-university approach

Bath Spa University earns Mental Health Charter Award for whole-university approach

Bath Spa has been recognised through the University Mental Health Charter for work embedding mental health and wellbeing across university life.

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Darren Barker preparing for The Longest Round fundraising challenge

Former boxing champion takes on 1,800-mile cycle-and-swim challenge for suicide prevention

Darren Barker is travelling from Edinburgh to Morocco by bike and open-water swim to raise money for CALM in memory of Ricky Hatton.

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, where a dedicated mental health emergency department is planned

Norfolk set for new walk-in mental health centres and dedicated crisis unit

Two new community mental health centres and a specialist mental health emergency department are planned for Norfolk as part of a national NHS expansion.

A group of people taking part in a therapy session

Community-based mental health approach shows promise in reducing hospital admissions

A UCL-led trial found that Open Dialogue, a model built around continuity, shared decisions and social support, was associated with less inpatient and crisis-service use.

Graphic accompanying the University of Manchester mental health digital innovation initiative

UK mental health innovation scheme will bring patients, researchers, the NHS and industry together

A University of Manchester-led national initiative has launched to connect lived experience, researchers, the NHS and technology organisations around better mental health innovation.