Policy and issues
Mind works to improve services and legislation through influencing MPs, government ministers, opinion formers and service providers.
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Making benefits fairer - welfare reform
Around half of all people currently claiming benefits because of illness have mental health problems. Mind is lobbying for the right support for people to take control of the services they use.
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Social care services
Sadly, most mental health patients do not receive the social services they need. Mind is pushing for social care reform, including the promotion of independent living through personal budgets.
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Personalisation in mental health services
The Government wants more people who use support services to have 'choice and control' in their lives. That is why they have introduced direct payments and individual budgets. But people with mental health support needs are often left out. We want them to
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Hospital stays - putting safety first
Some hospital environments are so unsafe and inappropriate that they hinder rather than help recovery. MInd is lobbying for in inpatient care to be safe, therapeutic and backed up by well-trained staff and patient consultation.
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Long-term depression
Long-term depression is very unpleasant for those who have it as difficulties with work, family and social lives are common. Mind has teamed up with University College London to look at the way recurrent or enduring depression is treated in primary care.
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Black and minority ethnic
Mind works for changes in mental health policy and practice to remedy inequalities experienced by people from black and minority ethnic communities.
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Refugees and asylum seekers
Refugees and asylum seekers often experience mental distress. Mind is campaigning to raise policy makers' awareness of the difficulty they have in getting support for their mental health issues.
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Equality and human rights
People with experience of mental distress regularly face stigma and discrimination, denying them the opportunity to live their lives to the full.
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Mental health and the environment
Mind's Ecotherapy report confirmed that participating in green exercise activities provides substantial benefits for health and wellbeing.
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The future of mental health
Mind is part of the Future Vision Coalition, which sets out what we believe are the priorities for mental health policy over the next decade.
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