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An innovative project to help children and young people in Hampshire experiencing mental health issues attend appointments closer to home has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award.

NHS staff turned out in force for Brighton Pride on Saturday 4 August to show support for the local community and raise awareness of mental health issues. 

Two innovative projects in Hampshire that provide specialist mental health support to children and young people are in the running to take home a prestigious national award.

A curly haired mutt has made all the difference to patients being treated at the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Pavilion Ward at Mill View Hospital, in Hove.

NHS England’s Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, Dr Keith Ridge, visited Mill View Hospital in Hove on Friday 20 July to hear more about the pharmacy team’s innovative work and a pilot project they have been working on this year. 

In June 2018 a survey was conducted of the Mental Healthline, to capture people’s views about the purpose and function of the service. The survey was carried out with service users, carers, friends and family of service users, Mental Healthline (MHL) staff, Sussex Partnership staff and commissioners.

Local people are invited to take part in a free public drawing workshop at Jerwood Gallery on Sunday 5 August, as part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s ‘Year of Drawing’ project.

Would you like to take part in the Royal Parks Half Marathon and at the same time help raise money for Heads On, the charity at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust? 

A mental health Trust in Sussex has been rated amongst the best performing mental health trusts in the country for research in the annual league table produced by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). 

Last week 90 young people from across Hampshire came together for the ‘Great Big Bunting Off’ in Winchester to celebrate what makes them unique.