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Mental health legislation:

• Time to Change | in Current campaigns
  Mind is a partner in Time to Change, the campaign to end the discrimination faced by people who experience mental health problems, as well as improve the nation's wellbeing.
• Regulation must be extended to help stamp out abuse | in News Story
  Patients will continue to be unprotected if counsellors and psychotherapists are not regulated by the government.
• High Court finds Crown Prosecution Service to be discriminating against victims with mental health problems | in News Story
  In a landmark ruling, the Crown Prosecution Service Human Rights Act after deciding not to pursue the case of an assault victim in court on the grounds that the victim had a mental health problem.
• Mind takes up legal challenge of tackling mental health discrimination | in News Story
  Mind has launched Time to Challenge, a groundbreaking legal project which will help people with mental health problems who have experienced discrimination to get their cases through the courts.
• Mind wins important legal battle over patients' 'right to life' | in News Story
  Yesterday, in a major victory for patients and their families, the House of Lords ruled that people detained under the Mental Health Act have the same ‘right to life’ as those in prison.
• Government delays put patients at risk | in News Story
  Patients who will be subjected to new compulsory powers under the Mental Health Act face being denied access to critical support and protection.
• Mind calls for an end to using police cells as a place of safety | in News Story
  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.
• Mind comments on research into rates of escape from secure hospitals | in News Story
  The vast majority of mental health patients in low to medium secure mental health hospitals have committed no offence at all.
• Fresh vision makes mental health the priority for all public services | in News Story
  Police, teachers and other public sector workers should be trained in spotting signs of mental ill-health as a new report from a coalition of mental health groups sets out its vision for mental health services that spans across public services.
• Confidentiality and data protection | in Rights and legislation
• Aftercare under section 117 of the Mental Health Act | in Rights and legislation
• Clinical negligence | in Rights and legislation
• Fitness to drive | in Rights and legislation
• Mental Health Act 1983 - definition of nearest relative | in Rights and legislation
• Smoking: Part 1 of the Health Act 2006 | in Rights and legislation
• Human Rights Act 1998 | in Rights and legislation
• Mental Capacity Act 2005 - overview and key provisions | in Rights and legislation
• Mental Capacity Act 2005 - financial decisions | in Rights and legislation
• Mental Capacity Act 2005 - structures and safeguards | in Rights and legislation
• Mental Health Act 1983 - amendments | in Rights and legislation
• Supervised community treatment | in Rights and legislation
• Mental Health Act 1983 (Wales) - statistics | in Mental health statistics
• Hate crime | in Another assault
• A convenient truth | in Campaign report
  Homicide by mental health patients has become a rare event in England and Wales, say Olav Nielssen and Matthew Large.
• Unworkable and regressive | in Campaign report
  The draft Mental Health Bill represents the next stage in a process of consultation which has included the Richardson Committee Report, the Government Green Paper, the Health Committee Report and finally the White Paper.
• Safe, sound and surgical | in Campaign report
  The white paper, Reforming the Mental Health Act (2001), is a key part of the Government's reform of mental health law, which claims to be creating a modern service that is 'safe, sound and supportive'.
• FAQs | in Legal unit
• Justice system failing victims with mental health problems | in News Story
  A new House of Commons report highlights concerns about the treatment of people with mental health problems in the criminal justice system.
• Why a therapist struck off for malpractice can still 'treat' clients | in Blog Post
  A therapist was recently struck off for abusing clients, and the list of claims made against him is long and often shocking.
• Mind comments on new Mental Capacity Act | in News Story
  This Act is an important development, introducing new safeguards to protect the rights of some of the most vulnerable people in our society.
• Mental Health Alliance gives final verdict on 2007 Mental Health Act | in News Story
  The 77-member Alliance said that the Act was much improved by Parliament but fails to modernise mental health law or to promote equality for people with mental health problems.
• Mental Health Bill remains a missed opportunity for humane and progressive legislation, says Alliance | in News Story
  The Government has missed an historic opportunity to achieve a modern and humane new Mental Health Act, but has made important concessions to protect patients and their families from abuse and neglect.
• Mind: Government proposals will damage future of mental health care | in News Story
• Government's Mental Health Bill will not help reduce suicides | in News Story
• New statistics show more people sectioned than ever before | in News Story
  Admissions under the Mental Health Act hit a record high last year, prompting fears that the Government's planned 'psychiatric Asbos' will be overused.
• Lord Bragg delivers Mental Health Alliance petition to Number 10 | in News Story
• Government's own research shows CTOs will be of no benefit | in News Story
  Dept of Health ploughs ahead with 'psychiatric Asbos' plan despite gaping hole in evidence base.
• Mental Health Bill amendments must not be reversed, says Alliance | in News Story
  The Government has seriously misunderstood the importance of recent amendments made to the Bill in the House of Lords, the Mental Health Alliance said today.
• Mental health alliance welcomes important new changes to Mental Health Bill | in News Story
  The House of Lords has this evening made more important changes to the Mental Health Bill, the Mental Health Alliance said today.
• Mind comments on regulation of healthcare professionals | in News Story
  Mind has welcomed the Government's proposals announced today into the regulation of healthcare professionals following a number of high profile cases of abuse.
• Mind hails victories in House of Lords on Mental Health Bill | in News Story
• Mental Health Alliance welcomes House of Lords votes on Mental Health Bill | in News Story
  The House of Lords has made a huge improvement to the Government's Mental Health Bill, campaigners from the Mental Health Alliance said today.
• Government inquiry into homicide and suicide shows need for a very different Mental Health Bill, says Mental Health Alliance | in News Story
• Mental health legislation is a wasted opportunity | in News Story
  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".
• Care before compulsion best route to reduce risk, says Mind | in News Story
  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.
• Mind responds to Government proposals to safeguard rights of people who lack capacity | in News Story
  People receiving compulsory mental health treatment in nursing or residential care should get equivalent safeguards to those being treated in hospital or the community.
• Mind responds to consultation launch on emergency changes to Mental Health Act | in News Story
  The Department of Health are considering making temporary changes to the Act to allow for potential mental health staff shortages as a result of pandemic flu.
• Mind hails dropping of draconian Mental Health Bill but key issues still need to be addressed | in News Story
  Mind celebrates the dropping of the Government's controversial draft Mental Health Bill after eight years of campaigning from mental health stakeholders.
• Updated Mental Health Act must promote civil rights, not damage them, says alliance | in News Story
• Updated Mental Health Act must promote civil rights, not damage them, says alliance | in News Story
  The Government's decision to abandon much of its controversial draft Bill is an unprecedented change of plan, but some of its proposed amendments to the current Act are cause for concern.
• Mind comments on social exclusion minister announcement | in News Story
  To tackle social exclusion, minister must get to grips with mental ill health.
• Mind comments on Mental Health Act Commission report | in News Story
  Mind warns against connecting NHS funding with community service funding.
• Census supports Mind concerns over racism in the NHS | in News Story
  Black people more likely to be hospitalised, detained, secluded and subjected to control and restraint.
• Mind welcomes NHS investment to provide 'appropriate places of safety' | in News Story
  Mind responds positively to the Department of Health's announcement of £130 million capital investment in the outdated mental health estate.
• Code of Practice rejected in House of Lords ruling | in News Story
  Mind is appalled at the judgement given by The House of Lords allowing Ashworth Hospital to reject the Mental Health Act 1983 Code of Practice.
• Mind Cymru responds to Wales Assembly publication of key documents on adult mental health services in Wales | in News Story
  On 10 October 2005 the Wales Assembly Government will mark World Mental Health Day by publishing four key documents.
• Mind comments on Cochrane and King's Fund reports: Goverment figures totally inaccurate | in News Story
  Mind says new research reveals incompetence of Government's plans for compulsory treatment.
• Mind concerned as Government still promotes Bill of compulsion not compassion | in News Story
  It is vital that we continue to campaign for further improvements to prevent a stigmatising Bill that could undermine the recent progress in mental health services.
• Mind warns against policy driven by headlines | in News Story
  Parliamentary report concludes that innocent people will be penalised by draft Bill.
• Mind comments on the case of Peter Bryan | in News Story
  We are appalled by the sensationalist media response that demonises all mental health service users.
• Mind's Manifesto launched at annual conference | in News Story
  Mental health policies that work.
• Mind's Manifesto launched at annual conference | in News Story
  Mind calls on the next Government to deliver badly-needed effective solutions to mental health issues in the UK today.
• Mind comments on new NICE guidelines on restraint | in News Story
  It's been clear for years that these guidelines are desperately needed, and their introduction is welcome.
• Mind's response to Joint Committee on Human Rights report | in News Story
  This report is a damning indictment of Britain's jails. It brings home the inadequacy of the prison system in coping with the huge rise in vulnerable people awaiting trial or being sentenced to custody.
• Regulation of counsellors and psychotherapists | in Policy and issues
• The coming decade | in Blog Post
  Today sees the publication of four separate Government documents on mental health, carrying us through to 2020.
• Cats to set up therapeutic centre? | in Blog Post
  Sorcha, my cat, could technically set herself up as a psychotherapist.
• An end to discrimination in parliament? | in Blog Post
  There are signs that the law allowing MPs with mental health problems to be sacked will be repealed.
• Will pre-employment health checks be a thing of the past? | in Blog Post
  The new Equality Bill admendment gives reason for optimism.
• Racial equality in mental health stuck at a standstill | in News Story
  The results of the Care Quality Commission's latest Count me in census.
• Improving people's court experiences | in Another assault
• Mental Health Act survey | in Policy and issues
• Mental Health Act: How are the changes affecting you? | in News Story
  Please tell us your experiences in our brief survey.