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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…
What does the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act mean for autistic people?
Tim Nicholls, Head of Policy at the National Autistic Society, discusses what…
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…
Rejecting the “service user” narrative in shaping mental health policy and practice
Improvement of mental health services often centres the voices of "service users".…
CQC to review the use of restraint, prolonged seclusion, and segregation
The Care Quality Commission has pledged to review restrictive interventions (restraint, prolonged…
Ruby Wax, Relate, and BACP call on government to increase funding for relationship support
Campaign for government to make relationship support services more accessible
Skunk dealers ‘need to face tougher penalties’ to protect young people’s mental health
There has been a 54 percent increase in the number of young…
Children’s mental health provision green paper: what did everyone think of it?
As the consultation on the green paper ‘Transforming children and young people’s…