NHS Shake-up Imminent

BBC1’s news magazine programme The Politics Show this week publicised the exclusive interview given by Health Minister Edwina Hart to Hafal’s quarterly journal Mental Health Wales and in particular to comments made by the Minister pointing to imminent and major change to the NHS in Wales…

Hafal celebrates World Mental Health Day at the Senedd

Hafal – Wales’ principal charity for people with severe mental illness and their carers – celebrated the 15th annual World Mental Health Day on October 10 at the Senedd, home of the National Assembly for Wales, where two of the charity’s key new publications were launched by Health and Social Services Minister Edwina Hart and Jonathan Morgan, the Shadow Minister…

Depression is the most damaging illness

Research undertaken by the World Health Organisation (WHO) suggests that depression is a more damaging illness than other chronic conditions such as diabetes, arthritis and asthma…