Health conditions

Guidance and services

• Mental Health Act 1983: code of practice
  Guidance for healthcare professionals on their responsibilities under the Mental Health Act.
• Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010: leaflet
  Explains how mental health legislation will help people with mental health problems.
• Mental Health Act 1983: information for relatives
  What to expect if a friend or relative is in hospital because of a mental health condition.
• Mental Health Act 1983: role of the nearest relative
  What to expect if a family member is detained in hospital under the Mental Health Act.
• Mental Health Act 1983: being in hospital as a voluntary patient
  What to expect if you have agreed to come to hospital voluntarily because of a mental health condition.
• Mental Health Act 1983: being in hospital as a detained patient
  What to expect if you have been detained under the Mental Health Act 1983.
• Mental Capacity Act: deprivation of liberty guidance and forms
  Forms and guidance for local authorities on the deprivation of liberty safeguards.
• Mental Health Act 1983: guidance on the appointment of approved clinicians
  Explains the approval process for mental health professionals.
• Care and treatment plan template
  Use this form to record information to help care for and treat mental health patients.
• Mental health crisis care agreement
  How organisations will work together to help people in a mental health crisis.
• Mental health: independent advocacy services
  Guidance for independent mental health advocates on their role and how to support patients.
• Primary and secondary mental health services
  Guidance to help local health boards and authorities provide effective mental health services.
• Local mental health support services
  Guidance for local health boards on how to improve access to mental health care and support for individuals.
• Child and adolescent mental health: admissions guidance
  What we expect local health boards to do when admitting a young person for a mental health condition.
• Better with books: prescribing self help books for children
  This scheme provides children and young people with self-help books to help them deal with emotional issues.
• Self help books for children: recommendation form
  Use this form to recommend self-help books to young people.
• Provision of mental health support for asylum seekers and refugees (WHC/2017/009)
  Guidance for health boards on the assessment and treatment of mental health problems in asylum seekers and refugees.
• Mental health of young people in the youth justice system
  Guidance for local health boards on how to help 10 to 17 year olds with mental health problems who offend or are at risk of offending.
• Mental health aftercare
  Guidance to resolve disputes between local authorities in England and Wales about the residence of mental health patients.
• Mental Capacity Act 2005: consent for research
  Guidance on cases where research does not need consent to be lawful under the Mental Capacity Act.
• Responding to issues of self-harm and thoughts of suicide in young people
  Guidance for adults who work with children and young people.
• Employment support if you have mental health, alcohol or drug problems (Out of Work Service)
  Employment support for people in recovery from mental ill-health, substance and alcohol misuse.
  
• Mental health crisis care agreement: action plan 2019 to 2022
  How to support people in mental health crisis.
• Services under the Mental Health (Wales) Measure: COVID-19
  Guidance for local health boards and partners on mental health services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Mental Health Act 1983 hospital managers’ discharge powers: coronavirus
  Guidance for local health boards and independent hospitals on discharge powers under the Mental Health Act 1983.
• Mental Health Act 1983 Form GU1: guardianship application by nearest relative
  Form for guardianship application by nearest relative.
• Mental Health Act 1983 Form GU7: authority for guardianship after absence without leave for more than 28 days
  Form to use for authority for guardianship after absence without leave for more than 28 days.
• Talk to me too
  Help and information about suicide and self harm.

Policy and background Includes strategy, reports, projects and assessments.

• Together for mental health: our mental health strategy
  Policy and strategy
  How we will improve mental health and well being for people of all ages.
• Mental health delivery plan 2019 to 2022
  Policy and strategy
  How we will improve the mental health and wellbeing of our population.
• Mental health delivery plan 2016 to 2019
  Policy and strategy
  How we will promote mental wellbeing, prevent mental health problems and help people affected by mental illness.
• Mental health: progress report 2016 to 2018
  Report
  A summary of achievements and progress against our mental health delivery plan at March 2018.
• Mental Health Act 1983 (Approved Clinicians) (Wales) Directions 2018 (2018 No. 55)
  Legislation
  These Directions are given to Local Health Boards and apply in rtelation to approving persons to act as approved clinicians in relation to Wales.
• Self help books for children: poster
  Promotional material
  Details of our Better with Books scheme to help children deal with emotional issues.
• Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 review: final report
  Report
  The report of a review to measure the success of mental health legislation.
• Suicide and self harm prevention strategy 2015 to 2022
  Policy and strategy
  What we will do to reduce suicide and self harm rates and support people to prevent suicide and self harm.
• Unannounced checks in older persons mental health wards
  Report
  A report on standards of care in older persons mental health wards.
• Assessment of the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010
  Report
  Report on the success of the mental health measure with recommendations on how to further improve mental health care.
• Mental health problems of young people in the youth justice system
  Policy and strategy
  How we will support children and young people with mental health problems who have offended or are at risk of offending.
• Eating disorders service review 2018
  Report
  A report on how to improve services to treat eating disorders.
• National care review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) provided outside Wales
  Report
  A review of the care provided for children from Wales in specialised hospitals by NHS and independent providers in England.
• Together for Mental Health Delivery Plan 2019 - 2022: impact assessment
  Impact assessment
  A summary of how the Together for Mental Health Delivery Plan 2019 to 2022 will affect a number of areas.
• Together for mental health strategy: equality impact assessment
  Impact assessment
  An assessment of how our mental health strategy affects equality of opportunity.
• Suicide and self harm prevention strategy 2015 to 2020: mid-point review
  Report
  Report on the actions taken to reduce and prevent suicide and self harm.
• Access to emergency services in a mental health or welfare crisis: national review
  Report
  Review on why people with mental health or welfare concerns access emergency services.