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How is the new Mental Health Act shaping up?

The new Mental Health Act can catch up with social awareness of…

Barney Cullum

Call for ‘bold changes’ to outdated Mental Health Act

A lack of patient involvement in recovering from distress has been highlighted…

LeeMC2022

‘Over 1,000 people who have been detained have a voice in the new Mental Health Act’

What efforts are being made to ensure the 'once in a generation'…

LeeMC2022

Black-led voluntary sector funding discussed at Downing Street

The independent review of the Mental Health Act is mandated to explore…

Patrick Vernon

Breaking down racism in mental health care

"I have encountered enraged deities, curses, witches and devils on the couch,…

Dawn Estefan

Long-stay detentions condemned by United Nations

“We are not saying ‘no hospitals’, but hospitals should be for a…

Mark Brown

Electroconvulsive therapy and me

Earlier this month we revealed how the NHS is charging £21,000 to…

Amanda Knopp

#MHTchat: rights to an advocate under the Mental Health Act

What role should advocates play for people detained under the Mental Health…

LeeMC2022

NHS charging £21,000 to disclose shock therapy use

Health service rejects Freedom Of Information requests submitted by Mental Health Today…

LeeMC2022

The holes in our mental health law you need to know about

We should all care about the law governing what happens to us…

LeeMC2022