NHS reforms will have huge implications for people with mental health issues. We'll be devoting Tuesday's blog to the subject
The high stakes in mental health reform means that on Tuesday we will be dedicating the NHS reforms blog to the changes. How will Andrew Lansley's reforms affect these services? Do GPs want to be responsible for such a group, and do patients feel confident they have the specialist training needed to deliver it? How does the impact of the cuts - estimated to be some 15% in services - feed into this?
To debate these issues and a lot more we have a star line-up:
10:30am ? 11:30am: New Statesman columnist and blogger Laurie Penny and Guardian columnist John Crace will discuss their experience of depression and mental health services in our live "Waiting Room" online. We'd love to hear your experiences and questions for them too.
12pm ? 2pm: Rowenna will be live blogging a protest in Lewisham against cuts to children's mental health services. Tune in as she talks to union workers and people on the front line about their experiences of cuts and reforms.
2:30pm ? 3pm: We'll be providing live coverage of the health questions in parliament
4pm ? 5pm: Dinesh Bhugra, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists joins Tim Kendall, joint director of the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health and author of a number of Nice guidelines, will be online for a live Q&A.
We'd love you to participate in all of these debates. To have your say, just comment on the end of the blog (we will be reading the thread!) or email rowenna.davis@guardian.co.uk or email randeep.ramesh@guardian.co.uk
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/2011/apr/25/nhs
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