11 June 2025
Spending Review misses key opportunity to turn around the nation’s mental health
Despite bold statements about creating an NHS fit for the future, commitments to mental health in today’s Spending Review were disappointingly lacking.
14 May 2025
Urgent policy and practice overhaul needed to support children and young people in the UK with mental health and speech and language challenges
Centre for Mental Health and Speech and Language UK issue joint statement setting out recommendations to improve support for children and young people experiencing mental health and speech and language challenges.
7 May 2025
Investment in mental health key to meeting key government ambitions, says Centre for Mental Health report with NHS Confederation
A new report sets out six areas to target investment in the upcoming Spending Review which could make a real difference for mental health and represent good value for money
8 April 2025
Government must ‘invest in childhood’ or risk losing the next generation of young people to mental ill health
A new report sets out how the Government can prevent mental health problems among children and young people through evidence-based and cost-effective strategies.
27 March 2025
Rising levels of poverty risk damaging mental health, says Centre for Mental Health
New figures show that 4.5 million children are now living in poverty, posing a significant risk to their mental health
26 March 2025
Spring Statement risks worsening mental health through cuts to social security, says Centre for Mental Health
The Government’s plans to reduce access to benefits will drive more people into poverty and cause significant risks of harm to mental health.
18 March 2025
Cutting disability benefits is a major public health risk, says Centre for Mental Health
Reducing access to benefits will put people’s mental health at risk and will be a false economy for the Government.
17 March 2025
Centre for Mental Health calls for evidence-informed mental health and social security policies
The suggestion that too many people are being diagnosed with mental health problems risks denying people’s very real suffering and diverting resources away from essential services.
5 March 2025
Centre for Mental Health welcomes Government review of girls in custody and decision not to place girls in Young Offender Institutions
We are pleased that the Government has listened to the evidence and ended the placement of girls in Young Offender Institutions.
27 February 2025
Targeted parenting support for families in poverty can reduce postnatal depression and deliver economic benefits, says Centre for Mental Health report
Report shares the evaluation findings of the Healthy Little Minds programme in Nottingham, which delivers early support to strengthen parent-infant relationships and boost parents’ mental health.
18 February 2025
Regulate business activity to support better mental health for all, says Centre for Mental Health report
Report explores how low paid work, unaffordable housing, pollution, and health-harming products put our mental health at risk.
11 February 2025
Centre for Mental Health welcomes new trustees
The Centre is delighted to welcome Dr Ariel Breaux Torres, Emma Mamo and Philip Ross to our Board.