Mind news and press releases

Mind reveals postcode lottery of access to talking therapies

Phone interviews with GPs and practice managers conducted by Mind have revealed the postcode lottery of access to talking therapies.

Government inquiry into homicide and suicide shows need for a very different Mental Health Bill, says Mental Health Alliance

Mind backs call to support Adult Learning

Failure to support adults to learn will have serious social and economic consequences.

Mental health legislation is a wasted opportunity

Leading research on compulsory treatment in the community: "such initiatives give the impression that legislators are addressing the needs of patients...while actually doing very little at all".

Department of Health announcement is a first step towards improved patient safety

Mind has been highlighting the problem of unsafe wards for a long time. We are glad that moves are now being made towards better inpatient safety.

NHS failing to act on talking therapies clinical guidance, says new report

The NHS is failing millions of people by ignoring clinical guidelines on psychological therapies, a group of charities warn in a report published today.

Inquiry report condemns hospital over fatal restraint

An inquiry report due for release on Monday is understood to be highly critical of the circumstances leading to the death of Geoffrey Hodgkins, a mental health patient at St James's Hospital in Portsmouth, in November 2004.

Mind welcomes 'information on prescription' pilots

Mind today warmly welcomed the Department of Health's announcement that money would be made available for pilot schemes providing fuller information to mental health and cancer patients.

Mind comments on Channel 4 Dispatches documentary

Dispatches has illustrated what service users have been telling Mind for years. Many mental health wards don't provide a safe environment, let alone a therapeutic one.

Mind tells employers and NHS: improve environment to improve mental health

Care before compulsion best route to reduce risk, says Mind

Providing treatment and care when people need it is the key to stopping tragedies, mental health charity Mind said today in response to the Department of Health's 'risk programme initiative' announcement.

Social exclusion: no quick fixes, warns Mind

Mind today welcomed the Government's action plan on social exclusion, but warned that there were many challenges ahead in its implementation.

Mind: Incapacity Benefit reform must consider mental health

Mind comments on Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health survey of NHS mental health trust finance directors

The Sainsbury Centre's timely report adds to the growing evidence for what we already know - that when it comes to money, mental health is always last in line.

Pressure forces Government into releasing shock sexual abuse report

Delayed data show alarming levels of sexual abuse and rape in mental healthcare.