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• A vision for mental health in the future | in News Story
  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.
• MPs forced to hide mental health problems | in News Story
• Mind comments on the Darzi Review | in News Story
  Lord Darzi has today set the course for future mental health care with a review that for the first time puts mental health at the heart of the NHS.
• Mind comments on the Government's new Equality Bill | in News Story
  The litmus test for the new Equality Bill will be whether we see the eradication of discrimination on the grounds of mental health.
• Do you want to influence mental health policy in England? | in News Story
  A discussion paper to spark debate on the future of mental health policy has been launched today.
• New health and social care complaints system does not go far enough | in News Story
  Mental health charity Mind believes that the Government's reforms to the health and social care complaints system are insufficient to address serious complaints on mental health wards.
• Mind comments on Healthcare Commission investigations report | in News Story
  Mental health charity Mind welcomed the Healthcare Commission's Learning from investigations report, particularly its emphasis on safeguarding vulnerable adults and leadership.
• Mind comments on a new report that shows patients are living in fear | in News Story
  A Mental Health Act Commission report out today highlights the shocking level of fear and intimidation that patients experience on mental health wards.
• Fighting fit | in Campaign report
  The UK is facing a mental health time-bomb by neglecting veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, says Jason Beckford-Ball
• Men and mental health: Get it off your chest | in Campaign report
  Mind's report shows that men’s help-seeking behaviour is different from women’s, with men being less likely to seek help for both emotional and physical problems.
• Prescription charges review | in Campaign report
  Mind's response to written evidence to Professor Ian Gilmore's review.
• Welfare Reform Bill 2009: Campaigns Briefing | in Campaign report
  The Welfare Reform Bill was introduced into the House of Commons in January 2009. It is intended to realise the Government's aspiration of an 80 per cent employment rate for people of working age.
• Care and support reform - Mind's response | in Campaign report
  Social care services provided to people with mental health problems by local authorities are not always good enough. There is not enough money in the system to provide a quality service.
• Protect benefits for disabled people | in Blog Post
  Mind, in partnership with other charities, has launched a petition to stress to the Government the importance of DLA and AA.
• Mind comments on boost to war veterans mental health care | in News Story
  There's no doubt that soldiers can suffer considerable trauma in conflict zones, and it goes without saying that for people experiencing trauma on a daily basis, mental health care should be an absolute priority.
• Mind comments on the new incapacity benefit test | in News Story
  Incapacity benefit gives people the opportunity to access counselling services, participate in voluntary work and be helped to successfully return to work at an appropriate pace.
• Charities welcome major boost for psychological therapies in England | in News Story
  Five national mental health charities today joined together to welcome the Secretary of State for Health's commitment to ensuring all GPs in England can offer their patients psychological therapies within six years.
• Mind Comments on the Government's Comprehensive Spending Review | in News Story
  We are delighted that on World Mental Health Day, this significant breakthrough in mental health care has occurred, meaning that finally people will be getting the help they want when they are most in need
• 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.
• New research reveals alarming increase in mental health prejudice in England | in News Story
  Mental health charity Mind today expressed deep concern that public attitudes to mental ill health have deteriorated further, with people now more likely to wrongly associate mental distress and violence.
• 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.
• Mental health service users need more help to stub out smoking | in News Story
• Mind comments on new mental health in the workplace report | in News Story
  This report shows that mental health is everybody's business. It's up to employers, employees and the Government to recognise the need to take mental health in the workplace seriously.
• 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.
• Survey reveals grim reality of inpatient care | in News Story
  Patient census uncovers appalling scale of mixed-sex wards scandal and widespread racial discrimination in mental health care
• 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.
• Welfare reform requires more carrots than sticks | in News Story
  Around 40 per cent of Incapacity Benefit claimants have mental health problems.
• 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
• Mind backs call to support Adult Learning | in News Story
  Failure to support adults to learn will have serious social and economic consequences.
• 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".
• Department of Health announcement is a first step towards improved patient safety | in News Story
  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 | in News Story
  The NHS is failing millions of people by ignoring clinical guidelines on psychological therapies, a group of charities warn in a report published today.
• Mind welcomes 'information on prescription' pilots | in News Story
  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.
• 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.
• Social exclusion: no quick fixes, warns Mind | in News Story
  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 | in News Story
• Mind condemns scandal of sexual abuse on mental health wards - data withheld by Government | in News Story
  A shocking patient safety report leaked today indicates the scandal of widespread sexual harassment, abuse, and rape on mental health wards.
• Mind warns: Benefits shake-up will fail if employers' discrimination continues | in News Story
• 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.
• Charities unite to support call for talking therapies for all who need them on the NHS | in News Story
  Access to evidence-based talking therapies for those who need them should be as big a priority for the NHS as any other proven and cost-effective treatment.
• Mind responds as Work and Pensions Committee identifies flaws in proposed Incapacity Benefit reforms | in News Story
  Mental health charity Mind has reacted positively to the report published today of the Work and Pensions Committee Inquiry into Incapacity Benefit.
• 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 disappointed as Incapacity Benefit reform threatens welfare of vulnerable claimants | in News Story
  Incapacity Benefit reforms may force people with mental health problems back to work too soon, without providing for the support they need both in and out of the workplace.
• Mind comments on Mental Health Act Commission report | in News Story
  Mind warns against connecting NHS funding with community service funding.
• Gordon - keep your prescription promise! | in Blog Post
  Exactly one year ago, Gordon Brown vowed to scrap prescription charges for all people with long term conditions.
• The Bournemouth effect? | in Blog Post
  The party conference season has kicked off with the Lib Dems in Bournemouth. This is a good conference venue - sea air, pleasant walks and friendly people. Or so we thought....
• 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.
• 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 comments on Healthcare Commission report | in News Story
  Mind welcomes any indication that mental health service users are experiencing an improved level of care, but this report shows that there remain significant areas for concern.
• Mind calls on Government to follow words with firm action | in News Story
  Mind reacts to Government response to the Health Committee Report on the Influence of the Pharmaceutical Industry.
• 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 response to Department of Health report on mental health investment | in News Story
  Mind welcomes the recent increase in funding and community services for mental health as reported by the Department of Health, which we hope will benefit the many thousands of service users in the UK.
• Mind welcomes Parliamentary report calling for tighter regulation on prescription drugs | in News Story
  Health Select Committee report calls for tighter regulation of prescription drugs
• 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.
• Christmas for £15.90: Mind reveals staggering levels of hardship for over 22,000 mental health inpatients | in News Story
  Inpatients on downrated benefits can't even afford the basics, let alone Christmas presents
• Is this discrimination of the first order? | in Blog Post
  When Mind landed in Brighton for the Labour Party Conference, everyone was talking about the BBC's quizzing of Gordon Brown on whether he was taking "pills to help him get through".
• Thousands sign Disability Living Allowance petition | in Blog Post
  Over 12,000 people have now signed the petition calling on the Government to protect Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance.
• The Conservatives Get Moving | in Blog Post
  The Conservatives check their Mind pedometers at a conference that had work and worklessness high on the agenda.
• Disability Living Allowance will not be scrapped | in News Story
  Health Secretary Andy Burnham has confirmed that the Government will not make any changes to the DLA.
• NICE guidance must not be used to cut counselling | in News Story
  New NHS guidance risks closing down treatment options for patients seeking counselling services.
• Mental health services for refugees and asylum seekers - a messy picture | in Blog Post
  Better support and understanding is needed.
• Social care: saving the state money | in Blog Post
  Far too few people with experience of mental distress are entitled to access social care.
• New Horizons heralds a new era for mental health and wellbeing | in News Story
  The government launches a new mental health and wellbeing strategy.
• A prescription for change | in Prescription charges
• MPs not immune to mental health problems | in News Story
  As Iris Robinson MP speaks out about her experience of mental distress, Time to Change hopes this will trigger more openness about mental health in politics.
• 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.
• Safeguarding vulnerable adults | in News Story
  Mind’s campaign to improve access to justice for people with mental health problems took a major step forward today.
• Will pre-employment health checks be a thing of the past? | in Blog Post
  The new Equality Bill admendment gives reason for optimism.
• Protest calls for Gordon to keep his prescription promise! | in News Story
  Campaigners gathered outside Parliament to call on Gordon Brown to keep his promise to scrap charges for those with long term conditions.
• Do you Mind? | in Blog Post
  At this spring's general election, let’s make sure we elect a group of MPs who will lead the way in challenging discriminatory attitudes and behaviours to mental health.
• New benefit test will fail to spot illness and disability | in News Story
  Tens of thousands of people with mental health problems could be assessed as fit for work, under new revisions to sickness benefit test.
• Mixed attitudes to mental health | in Blog Post
  It’s difficult to know what to make of the seemingly contradictory figures in the Department of Health's annual survey.
• What the parties are saying | in News Story
  Mind has invited the Health Ministers from each of the main political parties to tell us what they will to do for mental health.
• What do the party manifestos mean for mental health? | in Blog Post
  The signs are encouraging, says Mind's Chief Executive, Paul Farmer.
• Welfare? What welfare? | in Blog Post
  Politicians and the press are agreed: get tough on benefit scroungers.
• What does the coalition mean for mental health? | in Blog Post
  Both Cameron and Clegg have signed up to our anti-stigma and discrimination campaign, but have had little to say about health policy or the NHS.
• Welfare system under fire | in Blog Post
  As the coalition Government begins to lay out its plans to overhaul welfare, the part of the system that really needs to change is the subject of ever-growing criticism.
• Prescription charges: to be or not to be? | in Blog Post
  An independent review of prescription charges for those with long-term conditions was published yesterday. Mind's Policy and Campaigns Manager comments.
• The cost to mental health | in Blog Post
  Clearly government spending is no longer sustainable, but this week's budget could cost the mental health of this country dearly.
• A summer of love, an autumn of gloom? | in Blog Post
  The Party Conference season is upon us again. What do you think we should be saying to Ministers and MPs?
• Local people, local power, local change - can the Lib Dems deliver? | in Blog Post
  Our Chief Executive reports back from the Liberal Democrats' party conference, and offers a preview of Labour's conference.
• Benefits, employment and the future of the NHS at the Labour Party Conference | in Blog Post
  Our Chief Executive reports back from the Labour Party Conference in Manchester
• Waiting more than a year? We need to talk now. | in Blog Post
  We're making the case to Government that everyone should have access to the right psychological therapies within 28 days.
• We've only just begun | in Blog Post
  Mind's Chief Executive looks back on the Party Conferences, and ahead to the Comprehensive Spending Review.
• Comprehensive Spending Review | in Blog Post
  Leave your thoughts about the Spending Review here, and we'll be checking them and responding throughout the day.
• What does the Spending Review mean? | in Blog Post
  As the dust settles, we are starting to get a clearer picture of the what the Comprehensive Spending Review will mean for people with experience of mental distress.
• Spending Review, police and mental health | in Blog Post
  Cuts in policing announced in Wednesday's Comprehensive Spending Review threaten equal access to justice.
• Review day for the Work Capability Assessment | in Blog Post
  Critical recommendations for reforming the Work Capability Assessment were made today. Read on to find out more, and learn how you can get involved in the campaign.
• Cutting through rhetoric: welfare reforms in context | in Campaign report
  The mental health implications of welfare reforms need to be fully examined before radical changes are made.
• Health and social care bill | in Blog Post
  The changes to health and social care policy are perhaps the most radical of all the coalition government proposals. What impact will the bill have on mental health services and the people who use them?
• 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.
• Promoting wellbeing, improving mental health | in Blog Post
  The Government focuses on mental health and wellbeing initiatives in its new public health strategy. Will local councils deliver these effectively? Mind's Policy and Campaigns Officer blogs.
• Welfare reform - a snapshot of impact | in Blog Post
  We want to see more fair and balanced media reporting on welfare reform and make sure that the voice of people with mental health problems is put across loud and clear.
• Giving people a voice | in Blog Post
  Today, Mind joins with many disability charities, disabled people’s organisations and disabled people to announce the calling of a major march and lobby of Parliament on Wednesday May 11.
• 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.
• 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.
• The Government must listen to the Hardest Hit | in Blog Post
  Tom on why direct action is necessary to protest against the severing of benefits and services for disabled people by the Government.
• Challenge to discriminatory mental health law | in News Story
  The Mental Health (Discrimination) Bill aims to repeal four pieces of legislation that discriminate against people with mental health problems.
• Talking about better crisis care in Parliament | in Blog Post
  MsLeftie blogs about her experience at our crisis care event in parliament yesterday: "I do not think that it is too much to ask for ... crisis services that are reliable."
• Why the WCA isn't working | in Blog Post
  Following his resignation from the Government's review panel for the Work Capability Assessment, our Chief Executive Paul Farmer blogs about the damage the process is doing to the lives of people with mental health problems.
• Depression and anxiety on the parliamentary estate | in Blog Post
  Sadie blogs about managing depression and anxiety at work, and the strain that a life in politics can place on your mental health.
• The Mental Health (Discrimination) Bill | in Discrimination and social justice
• Welfare: where to from here? | in Blog Post
  Tom from our Policy team looks back over a tough year for people campaigning for a fairer welfare system and sets out a 10-point plan for moving forward.
• Times are changing - mental health in parliament | in Blog Post
  Sarah blogs about the mental health debate yesterday: "I tuned in with the hope that the hype of this debate would not be in vain."
• We’re not frightened anymore | in Blog Post
  Mind CEO, Paul Farmer, blogs about yesterday's historic debate in Parliament: "We’re step closer to a world where we can ask for help when we need it, where we don't need to struggle on in silence."
• 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)
• How I almost lost my boyfriend to the WCA | in Blog Post
  Lauren S blogs ahead of tonight's BBC Panorama documentary, which features her boyfriend Mark and his struggle with depression and the Work Capability Assessment.
• Uncomfortable truths | in Blog Post
  Our CEO, Paul Farmer, blogs today about the urgent changes which need to take place in the welfare system, following last night's welfare double bill by Dispatches and Panorama.
• My battle with schizophrenia and depression | in Blog Post
  Misty blogs for us about how being bullied at school became the start of a long battle with depression, schizophrenia and self harm. Now largely in recovery, she has a message for others who are struggling.
• 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.
• Lib Dems listen to your concerns. And commit. | in Blog Post
  Paul Farmer, Chief Executive of Mind, reports back on how your concerns were received by MPs at the Lib Dem party conference.
• Not relegated to the fringes? | in Blog Post
  At the Labour party conference, more MPs appeared to be interested in mental health, explains Sophie Corlett, Director of External Relations at Mind.
• Birmingham 2012 | in Blog Post
  Our Chief Executive, Paul Farmer, blogs from the Conservative party conference and says it time for us to start shaping their manifestos.
• Working with Schizophrenia: no one should be written off | in Blog Post
  Mind CEO, Paul Farmer, blogs in response to the Work Foundation's research into schizophrenia and employment.
• Victory for welfare campaigners is a step in the right direction | in Blog Post
  In today's breaking news, judges ruled that the controversial disability benefits procedure is unfair on those with mental health problems. Our Chief Executive, Paul Farmer, blogs about this important development.