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Benefit assessments process is continuing to fail people with mental health problems

The leading mental health charity Mind has given evidence to the parliamentary…

Ed Brown

Health and Social Care Bill must commit Government to mental health investment, says Mind

Mental health charity Mind has welcomed a House of Lords amendment to…

Ed Brown

The Health and Care Bill: How will the new legislation influence local mental health care?

Announced in July, the Health and Care Bill is progressing through Parliment.…

Ed Brown

Immigration detention is having damning effect on migrant and refugee mental health

The mental health of refugees and migrants in the UK has long…

Bryony Porteous-Sebouhian

The government announces £66m in funding to get people off the street through winter

The government announced emergency funding to help those without homes find safe,…

Bryony Porteous-Sebouhian

Racial inequalities will remain in mental health systems without investments, says RCPsych

The Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) has called for the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to…

Ed Brown

Urgent “funding needed” as Covid-19 psychosis referrals surge, says charity

Rethink Mental Illness has called for additional funding for mental health services…

Ed Brown

WHO says that the 2020s was a decade of a missed opportunity, but plans for new horizons

The World Health Organisation has revealed figures that have found that around…

Ed Brown

Sir Keir Starmer puts mental health at the heart of Labour’s pitch to voters

Last week, the Labour Party outlined their policy agenda for Government. In…

Ed Brown

Covid mental health backlog is “catastrophic”, says the Royal College of Psychiatrists

The Royal College of Psychiatrists has warned of the "catastrophic" effects that…

Ed Brown