18 March 2024
Managing my mental health during Ramadan
Zainab shares the personal framework she leans on during Ramadan that helps her manage her mental health during this month.
15 March 2024
We need to do more to protect councillors’ mental health
Jo Harding explains that supporting local councillors’ mental health is crucial to enabling them to be strong advocates for their communities
11 March 2024
The home front: connecting housing and mental health
Andy Bell highlights the steps taken by some NHS mental health trusts to address the link between housing, homelessness and mental ill health.
26 February 2024
Podcast: David Woodhead
David Woodhead shares how his experiences as a gay man have affected his mental health, for good and ill, and about his journey from addiction to recovery.
22 February 2024
How to make timely, effective mental health support a reality
Bethan explores how timely access to mental health services could be a reality for all, if we properly resource services, minimise the use of coercion, and widen access.
21 February 2024
Why reversing the rise in mental health inequalities should be in every party manifesto
Bethan explores how critical addressing inequalities is to building a mentally healthier nation.
20 February 2024
Putting prevention of mental ill health on the political agenda
Bethan assesses how mental health can be improved, if we pay more attention to the wider social and environmental determinants of mental health.
19 February 2024
Waiting for too long: the urgent need for health and justice reform
What steps can the Government and all political parties commit to implementing to improve the mental health of prisoners in the UK?
12 February 2024
“It’s proved to me that I’m worth something”: Individual Placement and Support in drug and alcohol services
Can Individual Placement and Support effectively aid people in drug and alcohol services into sustainable employment?
24 January 2024
Podcast: Claudia Turbet-Delof
Claudia Turbet-Delof, a local councillor in Hackney and human rights campaigner shares her experience of growing up in poverty in Bolivia, moving to the UK and facing depression and racism.
10 January 2024
Mental health services in the UK in 2023: what the latest NHS Benchmarking findings tell us
Andy Bell paints a picture of what mental health services in the UK in 2023 look like, based on data from the NHS Benchmarking Network.
1 December 2023
Let communities lead: reflections on lived experience and identity on World AIDS Day
David’s reflection sheds light on the crucial need to listen and learn from people living with HIV if we are to realise the interventions required to improve mental health and well-being.