News release, 15 August 2007
In response to the announcement by the Department of Health that the Dignity in Care campaign will be extended to people with mental health problems, Andrew McCulloch, Chief Executive of the Mental Health Foundation, said:
“We welcome the government’s decision to broaden the campaign but it is an immense challenge to try and bring about dignity and respect in mental health, especially on in-patient psychiatric wards, where the environment is often unsafe and chaotic. The champions’ time would be well spent supporting professionals who already work with mental health patients.
Without wanting to dismiss the government’s efforts, the way in which people with mental health problems are treated and cared for, in and outside of psychiatric wards, needs to improve if dignity and respect is ever going to be truly established.”
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For further information please contact Fran Gorman or Simon Loveland on 020 7803 1128 / 1130.
The Mental Health Foundation is the leading UK charity working to improve services for both people with mental health problems and people with learning disabilities. It is the only charity to fund and work with both service users and providers and plays an important role in funding research and new approaches to promotion, treatment and care.
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