By Editor on 07/02/2012
The in-patient service for Deaf men at St Andrew’s Healthcare Northampton, fully meets all of the newly developed, dedicated standards for Medium Secure Deaf mental health care. |
By Editor on 02/02/2012
Today, writing in the February 2012 edition of The Psychiatrist, the peer-reviewed journal published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, researchers from St Andrew’s Healthcare, the UK’s largest charitable provider of mental health services, publish the first outcomes data from the Mental Health Recovery Star. |
By Editor on 31/01/2012
Arson has major human and financial implications around the world. Now, for the first time, mental health professionals and others can access best practice advice from contemporary experts in a new specialist text on adult fire-setting which takes a unique mental health perspective. |
By Editor on 13/01/2012
St Andrew’s Healthcare has been shortlisted in the brain injury rehabilitation category of the Laing and Buisson Independent Specialist Care Awards 2012. |
By Editor on 15/12/2011
On Thursday 15 December His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales praised the quality of food provided to service users by St Andrew’s Healthcare. He made the comments during a reception hosted at Clarence House to congratulate fourteen hospitals for their work to provide excellent food. |
By Editor on 29/11/2011
St Andrew’s Healthcare was delighted to sponsor this year’s Northamptonshire Business Excellence Training and Development Award. |
By Editor on 28/11/2011
A report by a new campaigning coalition of health and justice groups says that up to two thirds of young offenders in prison could have an acquired brain injury. |
By Editor on 21/11/2011
The INPA is a dynamic new alliance of independent neurorehabilitation service providers. It was launched at this year’s conference of the UK Acquired Brain Injury Conference by Professor Nick Alderman. |
By Editor on 10/10/2011
This year’s all day National Brain Injury Conference in Birmingham draws together experts to debate the similarities and differences between rehabilitation of people with acquired brain injury (ABI) and other aspects of mental healthcare. |
By Editor on 06/09/2011
Newly published research shows that the management of violence amongst mental healthcare inpatients can be enhanced by measuring the intensity as well as the outcome of an incident. |
By host on 06/09/2011
The Workbridge Ceramics workshop will be opening its doors again during this year’s free Open Studio weekends on 10 & 11 and 17 & 18 September, between 10am and 4pm. |
By Editor on 24/08/2011
The new Hospital Director for St Andrew’s in Essex has a busy year ahead. After just 6 months in the role, Alexandra Thurlby will now oversee the hospital during an ambitious year-long refurbishment programme, which begins next month. |
By Editor on 05/08/2011
The book will be the first comprehensive account of forensic issues in adolescents with a wide range of developmental disabilities; including autism spectrum disorders, acquired brain injury, developmental traumatology, and complex comorbidities. It examines the processes involved in working with this client group in forensic settings, and explores the ways in which their needs differ from those of other young people who engage in high risk behaviour or offending. |
By Editor on 13/07/2011
Ambitious plans to make further improvements to St Andrew’s Healthcare facilities in Northampton took a step forward last night. |
By Editor on 12/07/2011
The prestigious new William Wake House at the Northampton headquarters of the independent mental healthcare charity, St Andrew’s Healthcare, has just received a highly-acclaimed award from one of the flagship publications for the construction industry. |
By Editor on 07/07/2011
The working environment for St Andrew’s Healthcare employees at the Northampton and Birmingham sites meets the highest health and safety standards, according to the British Safety Council. |
By Editor on 05/07/2011
The country’s first dedicated brain injury rehabilitation service for adolescents whose behaviour is challenging was officially opened by Professor Nick Alderman, Consultant Neuropsychologist at St Andrew’s Healthcare, in July |
By Editor on 01/07/2011
A new publication, ‘ Psyched’, has just been launched to provide training information for mental health professionals. |
By Editor on 29/06/2011
Can mental healthcare providers and their models of care offer benefits to the government of a lower-income country, as an alternative direct state service provision? |
By Editor on 24/06/2011
St Andrew’s Healthcare was well represented at last week’s Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society’s Division of Forensic Psychology (DFP) in Portsmouth. |