Mind news and press releases
The latest news from the leading mental health charity in England and Wales.
Below you'll find all the latest news from Mind. In this section you can also learn about the services our media office can provide, and find a list of Mind's spokespeople.
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England:
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26 October 2008
Employers must work on mental health
As the first of the Government's measures to get people back to work are introduced, Mind reveals shocking new evidence that employers are not willing to take on people who have experience of mental distress.
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21 October 2008
A vision for mental health in the future
Foresight, the Government's futures think tank, today publishes a report detailing how we can take on the challenges facing mental health over the next 20 years.
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21 October 2008
Charities join forces to amplify voices of people with mental health problems
Mental Health Media has taken the decision to join forces with Mind to put a powerful infrastructure behind its work in giving a strong voice to people with direct experience of mental distress.
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9 October 2008
Olympian Phillips Idowu, Joe McGann and Sophie Anderton join thousands to Get Moving on World Mental Health Day
Friday 10 October - mass participation event boosting wellbeing and breaking down the barriers of mental health stigma in Battersea Park, London
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7 October 2008
BBC Radio 4 mental health special
BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour will discuss mental health stigma in a special edition of the programme today.
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3 October 2008
Get Moving for mental health
England's first mass participation event boosting wellbeing and breaking down the barriers of mental health stigma on 4 - 12 October 2008
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2 October 2008
Running with Miriam in mind
This Sunday, 32 friends from Tyne Tees will be running the Great North Run in memory of their friend Miriam Ogden, who tragically took her own life last year.
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1 October 2008
Mind on the Paul O’Grady Show
The Paul O'Grady Show has chosen to work with Mind to raise awareness of mental health.
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18 September 2008
Ecominds offers pots of Big Lottery Fund cash to local environmental projects
Mental health charity Mind will celebrate the launch of Ecominds, its new multi-million pound grant giving scheme, by holding a garden party in London today
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10 September 2008
Mind comments on Healthcare Commission Community Mental Health Survey
There are still significant numbers of people with long-term health needs who are not involved in planning their care.
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9 September 2008
Mind calls for an end to using police cells as a place of safety
Mind is calling for an end to the practice of detaining people with mental health problems in police cells for up to 72 hours when they have committed no offence and are in urgent need of medical care.
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9 September 2008
Mind comments on research into rates of escape from secure hospitals
The vast majority of mental health patients in low to medium secure mental health hospitals have committed no offence at all.
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5 September 2008
Moving People is changing its name to 'Time to Change'
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24 July 2008
Long waiting times for psychological therapies harmful, says mental health report
A group of leading mental health charities has today published a report which says that the lives of those stuck on long NHS waiting lists for psychological treatments are being damaged as a result.
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23 July 2008
Healthcare Commission reveals the extent to which acute mental health wards are failing patients