9 November 2026

Mental Health

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Special report: ‘Death sentence’ for eating disorder sufferer unable to access treatment

22-year-old Katie lives in Bedford with their parents and sister. However, they may as well be on death row. For the last eight years, Katie has been living with diabulimia...

Bringing together Talking Therapies and emotional health for wellbeing webinars

Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes mental health experts have collaborated together to create a range of wellbeing webinars for 2021. Three leading Talking Therapy teams from Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT)...

Rising from the ashes: £60m mental health in-patient facility proposed for hospital fire site

A new £60m mental health building in Bedford is “a once in a generation opportunity for the people of Central Bedfordshire and Bedford borough”, a meeting heard. The potential investment on the site of the Bedford Health Village on Kimbolton Road would almost certainly lead to...

Join in Samaritans’ Brew Monday on 18 January for a virtual cuppa

Bedford Samaritans would like everyone to connect over a virtual cuppa this year as their annual Brew Monday event goes online. This year, Brew Monday is today (18 January), the third Monday in January which is sometimes known as ‘Blue Monday’...

Bedford among first areas to trial new NHS maternal mental health service

Bedford Borough has been chosen to be among the first areas in England to introduce a pilot scheme to offer maternal mental health services to women from next April...

Stewartby woman launches YouTube channel to help others deal with trauma

A 29-year-old woman from Stewartby who experienced the death of her parents at a very young age has launched a YouTube channel to help others deal with their experiences...

Bedford School boys give BeeGees’ hit a hairy makeover for Movember

Boys from Bedford School's Upper Sixth have transformed a 70s disco smash into an ode to growing a tash - to raise awareness of men's health and...

Break the Stigma: messages of NHS mental health support unveiled at train stations

The Break the Stigma campaign has collaborated with Thameslink to display messages of help and support along station platforms platforms...

Red tape blamed for years of delay in plans to replace Bedford’s Weller Wing

Health chiefs are inching towards replacing a mental health inpatient unit in Bedford – three years after closing the town’s Weller Wing...

NHS programme launched to help Bedford parents support their children’s mental health

Parents and carers across the UK can now access an award-winning programme of NHS parent and carer psycho-education sessions after they were...

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