20 years of Individual Placement & Support in Europe: Trust, cooperation and hope
Julie Bailie reflects on how IPS has become a social movement for change over the last 20 years
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People struggling with their mental health need support, not sanctions
Kadra explains why proposed changes to the Work Capability Assessment are likely to harm people with mental health difficulties, and what better support could look like
Saving lives can’t wait: why the Government must renew local suicide prevention funding
Ollie Vickers, a councillor in Telford and Wrekin and Co-Chair of the local Joint Health Scrutiny Committee, explains the risks faced through lack of funding for suicide prevention.
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.
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
This framework for all NHS mental health service providers is a major step towards racial justice in a system that too often treats people inequitably.
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.