It was a pleasure to visit the Grounded Café in my constituency. It’s supported by Living Well, a mental health consortium, and works to relieve pressure on the NHS and help those needing support. The café offers wellbeing sessions, therapeutic craft activities and mindfulness groups among other activities. Located in Bournbrook Road, it’s well usedContinue reading Grounds for hope in difficult times at community café
Supporting people so vital in these toughest of times
SOME say there’s too much of the ‘nanny state’ in the lockdown arrangements but others argue that delayed responses have made things worse. I was left pondering this after I addressed a recent conference on children and young people’s mental health. There’s a great deal of focus on that issue these days but it wasn’tContinue reading Supporting people so vital in these toughest of times
Steve McCabe MP Supports Action for Children to Help Young People Build Healthy, Happy Minds
As part of Children’s Mental Health Week Steve McCabe MP, Birmingham Selly Oak, joined young people and mental health experts from leading UK children’s charity, Action for Children, in Parliament to hear about their mental health services which help children and young people build healthy, happy minds.
Steve McCabe MP backs calls for diabetes emotional and mental health support
Steve McCabe MP is supporting Diabetes UK’s goal to create new national standards for diabetes emotional and mental health support, and to increase support available locally to the 83,354 people living with diabetes in the area.
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Steve McCabe MP calls on the Government to introduce new Mental Health Bill in Queen’s Speech to tackle ‘burning injustice’ of children’s mental health
Steve McCabe MP has tabled an Early Day Motion calling on the Government to include a new Mental Health Bill in the next Queen’s Speech.
Steve McCabe MP makes Christmas promise to tackle loneliness in Birmingham
Steve McCabe MP has joined Samaritans and pledged to work with Samaritans to prevent youth loneliness in 2019.
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New figures show mental health patients still sent out of local area due to bed shortages
Steve McCabe MP, Birmingham Selly Oak, has learnt that new figures out today show mental health patients in need of care in their local hospitals are still being sent out of the local area.
Steve McCabe MP praises new Forward Thinking Birmingham mental health services for young people
Steve McCabe MP has welcomed Forward Thinking Birmingham, the new mental health services for 0-25s in the city, which have been designed by young people, for young people.