This is my place – belonging, identity and community
Efua Poku-Amanfo, Head of the Children & Young People’s Mental Health Coalition, reflects on the theme of Children’s Mental Health week 2026.
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Improving support for nearest relatives under the Mental Health Act
Judy Laing writes about a new online resource for nearest relatives of people admitted to hospital under the Mental Health Act.
Expanding parent-infant relationship services could save government billions
Specialised parent-infant support improves child and parent wellbeing, and expanding access could save government billions, across health, social care, and education systems.
Social media and children’s mental health
Andy examines the concerns and debate around the dangers posed to children by social media
People waiting too long for mental health care and becoming more ill while they wait, CQC finds
Care Quality Commission report finds mental health services are struggling to cope with high levels of need.
Charities launch plan to help fix the children’s mental health crisis
The Future Minds roadmap sets out how to transform children and young people’s mental health by 2035.
Designed for life? Why mental health services need a radical redesign of their physical fabric
Andy Bell and Charlotte Burrows explore what kind of physical fabric we should expect from mental health services in the (near) future.
Carrying more than we should: The human story in the latest LGB+ statistics
David looks behind the figures at new data that reveals stark inequalities in causes of death by sexual orientation
The year ahead for mental health policy
Andy takes a look at what we can expect for mental health policy in 2026
Mental health services in the UK in 2025: what the latest NHS Benchmarking survey tells us
Andy dives into the latest data on mental health services across the UK, gathered by NHS Benchmarking Network.