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• 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.
• 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'.
• 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.
• Access to justice is a basic human right | in Blog Post
  We need a change in attitudes, towards a system that treats someone with a mental health problem as an equal citizen with equal access to justice.
• 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 Supervised Community Treatment survey
• 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.
• 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.
• Achieving race equality in mental health | in Blog Post
  The five-year plan for addressing the ethnic inequalities in the mental health system is coming to a close. Has it worked? You tell us.
• Mental Health Alliance issues first review of Deprivation of Liberty safeguards | in News Story
  Important safeguards designed to protect vulnerable people from being deprived of their liberty inappropriately are not being properly implemented, according the Mental Health Alliance.
• Campaigning for ‘justice for all’ | in Blog Post
  Today, campaigners will descend on parliament in a mass lobby of MPs. They will be united in outrage at the government’s plan to cut legal aid.
• No longer a second class citizen | in Blog Post
  Paul Farmer on why the mental health strategy must work for all people who experience mental health problems.
• Mind responds to Government’s new mental health strategy | in News Story
  Today sees the launch of the first cross government mental health strategy, laying out plans for the future of mental health care in England. Mind's Chief Executive, Paul Farmer responds.
• Mental health strategy | in Policy and issues
• Love legal aid this Valentine’s Day | in Blog Post
  Mind, Justice for all and many MPs are fighting for the rights of people with experience of mental distress and others to have equal access to justice. But time is running out to influence Government.
• Influencing DLA reform | in Blog Post
  Today, Mind submitted a joint response to the Government’s consultation on reforming Disability Living Allowance. Here we discuss the proposals and our current work.
• Pausing for thought on the Health and Social Care Bill | in Blog Post
  The Government has put the brakes on the Health and Social Bill's progress through Parliament. We must use this opportunity to make sure mental health services are high on the agenda in the proposed reforms.
• Plan B on Psychotherapy Regulation | in Blog Post
  Mental health nurse and blogger Zarathustra returns to the Mind blog with a warning that plans to regulate psychotherapy are being watered down by the Coalition Government.
• How would you shape the future of employment support programmes? | in Blog Post
  Liz Sayce, CEO of disability charity RADAR, blogs on changes to employment support programmes. What's your experience of employment support? Join the conversation and post a comment.
• Red Tape Challenge: Equality Act 2010 | in Blog Post
  The Government's red tape challenge is asking for comments on Equality Act including whether it should be scrapped altogether. Pauline is worried that this will mean a step backwards for people with disabilities.
• Your chance to speak out on changes to the NHS | in Blog Post
  Mind's CEO will report back to the Government on the views of patients and service users on proposed reforms to health and social care services. Find out the latest on the 'listening exercise' and how to have your say on the future of the NHS.
• Mental health defenders - because nobody wins when mental health loses | in Campaign report
  People with mental health problems have told us they feel under attack from the changes in public policy and services. This booklet summarises the effects of health and social care, welfare reform, legal aid, employment and equality laws.
• Listening Conversations 2011 | in Events
• The Mental Health (Discrimination) Bill | in Discrimination and social justice
• The WCA - working hard for reform | in Blog Post
  Tom from our policy and campaigns team blogs on the need for reform of the Work Capability Assessment (WCA)
• Back the Mental Health Discrimination Bill | in Blog Post
  Charlotte blogs for us in support of the #backthebill campaign. Help us put an end to mental health discrimination.
• Aftercare under section 117 of the Mental Health Act | in Information and Advice article
  A brief legal guide to aftercare, including details of where you can go for further information or support.
• Change only comes if people make it happen | in Blog Post
  Mind and Time to Change ambassador Alastair Campbell blogs about the Mental Health Discrimination Bill, stigma and its impact on mental health services.
• The importance of information | in Blog Post
  Today Thomas blogs for us about the importance of good quality legal information and why he feels it would have made a difference for him.