Broken promises or reform postponed? Reflections on the King’s speech
Last week’s King’s Speech, setting out the Government’s legislative programme for the year ahead, was as notable for what it didn’t say as for what it did.
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First steps towards a mentally healthier justice system?
As the number of prisoners rises and reaches beyond the capacity of the estate to cope, it’s become clear that the system is in urgent need of reform.
Centre for Mental Health welcomes government investment in early support hubs
Responding to today’s announcement that the Government is investing nearly £5 million in early support hubs, which offer informal drop-in mental health support, the Fund the Hubs Coalition (BACP, Black Thrive Global, Centre for Mental Health, The Children’s Society, Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition, Mind, Youth Access and YoungMinds) said: “The UK Government’s
Centre for Mental Health welcomes patient and carer race equality framework and calls for full implementation throughout NHS
Today, NHS England published the Patient and Carer Race Equality Framework (PCREF), a new system for supporting race equity in NHS mental health services. The PCREF was a major recommendation of the 2018 Independent Review of the Mental Health Act. Its publication today as a framework for all NHS mental health service providers in England
Podcast: The intergenerational impacts of racism
Thea Joshi is joined by Centre for Mental Health’s Associate Director for Policy, Kadra Abdinasir, to discuss the way racial trauma affects multiple generations of a family.
The ‘Smokefree Generation’ must include people with severe mental illness
Smoking causes half of all deaths of people with severe mental illness – which is why we’re supporting Government proposals to create a ‘Smokefree Generation’ and calling for extra support to close the health gap
Urgent action needed to address unacceptable inequalities facing people with severe mental illness
New data from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) today shows that people with a severe mental illness in England were five times more likely to die prematurely during the pandemic.
Life with OCD: an anti-memoir
Andrew reflects on his personal experience with OCD, recounting significant moments that mark milestones in his journey so far.
A right to good mental health?
On World Mental Health Day, Andy reflects on recognising mental health as a universal human right.
Why I won’t ‘debate’ trans and non-binary people’s lives and will champion their mental health instead
In his second piece as our writer in residence, Andrew K Kauffmann unpacks the harmful impact of transphobic rhetoric on trans people’s mental health and calls for solidarity within the LGBTQ+ community.