by Dave Vice | Jan 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
Just a quick post to wish everybody a happy New Year. I called in on my friends in Adferiad Recovery a couple of weeks ago to make a video about our ideas for new mental health legislation: it will be linked on our social media in due course (no Netflix...
by Dave Vice | Jul 4, 2022 | Jo's Blog
How the Welsh Government could use the powers it already has So the UK Government’s plans to reform the Mental Health Act plod on: a Mental Health Bill is promised but not yet diarised – but it was in the Queen’s Speech so it should be introduced in this Parliament....
by Dave Vice | May 17, 2022 | Jo's Blog
Hospital patients need to be actively supported. Take a look at NHS Wales’ new report Making Days Count – National Review of Patients Cared for in Secure Mental Health Hospitals – essential reading for anybody concerned about people with a serious mental...
by Dave Vice | Apr 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
All of us at Adferiad Recovery would like to say a massive thank you to the organisers of the Swansea Comic & Gaming Convention (SCGC) 2022 for raising an astonishing £4239.84 for Hafal as part of their recent event. This year SCGC kindly selected Hafal –...
by Dave Vice | Mar 25, 2022 | Jo's Blog
Over the years many activists including me described mental health as a “Cinderella” service compared with the support provided for physical health problems. But this description has not been used much in recent years, maybe because the UK and Welsh governments have...
