LATEST BLOGS
14 November 2025
Towards a Windrush Covenant: Healing the Mental Scars of Injustice
Professor Patrick Vernon describes the hidden, intergenerational health toll of the Windrush scandal, and calls for a covenant of care, justice, and respect
7 November 2025
Not So Micro: Turning awareness into lasting change
Crown Agabi reflects on the growth of the Not So Micro anti-racism initiative, and looks to the future
3 November 2025
What does the NHS Medium-Term Planning Framework mean for mental health services?
Andy describes the mixed picture for mental health services in the NHS Planning Framework priorities.
LATEST PUBLICATIONS
30 October 2025
Bridging the gap
An evaluation of Barnardo’s Inner Resilience and Development (BIRD) service supporting children and young people with mental health problems.
16 October 2025
The Big Mental Health Report 2025
We worked with Mind to produce The Big Mental Health Report 2025, which brings together the latest evidence on the current state of mental health and mental health services in England and Wales.
20 August 2025
Briefing 64: Crisis and acute mental health care
Examining research about the most effective ways of supporting people in a mental health crisis.
LATEST NEWS
30 October 2025
Centre for Mental Health calls for NHS and voluntary sector partnerships to support young people’s mental health
Centre for Mental Health’s Bridging the Gap reports on Barnardo’s mental health service supporting children and young people.
28 October 2025
NHS workforce consultation: a response from Centre for Mental Health
Our response to the consultation on the Government’s 10 Year Workforce Plan for the NHS
24 October 2025
NHS Medium Term Planning Framework provides little hope of urgently needed turnaround in mental health support
The three-year NHS planning guidance includes some welcome actions for improving mental health care but falls far short of the level of ambition we need