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Council to apologise for not offering young person with anxiety alternative educational arrangements
Local councils have a duty to provide alternative educational arrangements for young…
Independent review of the Mental Health Act: charities’ responses
The independent report into the Mental Health Act was commissioned by Theresa…
It is vital that we keep this momentum going: Rethink Mental Illness on the Mental Health Act review
An Independent Review of the Mental Health Act has proposed 150 recommendations…
CQC to review the use of restraint, prolonged seclusion, and segregation
The Care Quality Commission has pledged to review restrictive interventions (restraint, prolonged…
Chancellor pledges to end mental health stigma in announcing new crisis hotline
120 organisations supported an open letter to the government last week calling on…
Chancellor urged to invest in children’s mental health services
Anna Freud, The National Children's Bureau and Young Minds are among those…
Mind: Universal Credit may undermine government’s mental health ambitions
People are fearful of opening letters about their benefits or struggle to…
Why mental health services need to be user-led
How organisations help patients become their own advocates
The criminal justice system is looking at mental health again – will it use the right lens?
Psychologist Peter Kinderman tells Hardeep Matharu it is simplistic to see criminality…
