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MENTAL health patients must be kept safe in a shake-up of the NHS system, says a health chief. Simon Trickett, who is overseeing key reforms of the NHS, said a delay in forming a new trust to run mental health services and community hospitals in Worcestershire would mean there would be two systems running in parallel. - Shift

With concerns rising about the future of Stowford Lodge, Sidmouth Town Council has been called on to confirm that the mental health daycare centre will remain open. - Shift

The charity Rethink Mental Illness is calling on the government to include mental health awareness training for police officers in their plans for criminal justice reform. - Shift

Excessive use of forced detention and coerced treatment by the NHS means patients have little control over their treatment - Shift

Study shows a poor quality job can be worse for your mental health than unemployment - Shift

Campaigners face an anxious wait to see whether a decision to reject controversial Springfield Hospital redevelopment plans will be appealed. South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust’s (SWLSTG) has decided to delay its debate on whether to appeal Wandsworth Council’s planning permission refusal until June. - Shift

Mental health charity Mind has collaborated with the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) to produce guidance for small companies on employee mental health and workplace wellbeing. According to the non-profit organisation, depression, anxiety and stress can cost UK firms up to £26 billion every year, despite simple steps which could cut this figure by up to a third. - Shift

From what brought him into the social care sector, to personalisation via World Social Work Day, we ask the minister for his opinions - Shift

Changes to the health and social care bill will finally stop private providers being paid more than those from the public sector - Shift

William Styron's Darkness Visible remains, two decades on, a beacon of hope in this benighted realm of experience - Shift

A baby was found starved to death in his cot after social workers left him in the care of his mentally unstable mother, an inquest heard today. The 11-month-old boy's emaciated body was discovered by paramedics at a council flat strewn with rubbish and dirty nappies in St John's Wood on March 8 last year. The baby's 29-year-old mother had been assessed by doctors, social workers, mental health workers and health visitors in the months before his death. She had reported "hearing voices" and displayed evidence of self-harm, with scars on her arms. - Shift

The band's second album is forever linked with the death of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis in 1980, having been released two months after his suicide. Former Joy Division (and New Order) bassist Peter Hook's new band will play the album in its entirety for the first time ever at the gig at The Factory in Manchester on May 18. A significant amount of the money raised will go to mental health charity Mind and The Keith Bennett Appeal. - Shift

ECCENTRIC X Factor contestant Shirlena Johnson auditioned for the show again yesterday - after being dropped last year over fears for her mental health. - Shift

THE son of former BBC Points West reporter Peter Brown had his medication reduced two days before he took his own life, an inquest heard. Friends said Will Brown, 51, became more stressed and agitated when he was told his prescription for a tranquilliser drug would be halved. Days later on September 16 last year, the builder was found hanged in the bedroom of his home in Totterdown. - Shift

Man locked up for 23 years to have detention case heard in public - Shift

Thousands of elderly patients are being “routinely” denied treatment and basic dignity as a result of “scandalous ageism” in the NHS, ministers have warned. - Shift

Deprivation and GPs' habits among causes of big divide in way problem is treated according to Guardian investigation - Shift

Fading seaside resort of Blackpool has highest rate of anti-depressant prescribing in England and Wales - Shift

But UK employers less likely than others to have wellness strategy - Shift

# Those who started smoking the drug at college were 90 per cent more likely to have psychotic symptoms in their mid-20s # Some users suffered psychotic symptoms including hallucinations, delusions and disordered thoughts - Shift

LAST week was Eating Disorders Awareness Week which aims to educate the public about the wide spectrum of illnesses that exist and affect millions of men and women of all ages. - Shift

Happy teenagers make happier adults but they are more likely to get divorced, scientists have discovered. - Shift