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Act for Mental Health

We are campaigning to improve the Mental Health Act. Read about the campaign so far...

The Mental Health Act in your area

Our analysis reveals huge regional variation in the numbers of people detained under the Mental Health Act. In some areas almost three times more people are subject to the Act than the national average. Check out our interactive map to find out more.
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Meet your MP

We are encouraging people with experience of the Act to meet with their MP to discuss this and highlight what needs to change. If this is something you're interested in, we are here to help you do this.
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Our work on the Mental Health Act

Rethink Mental Illness has been campaigning to improve the Mental Health Act since the 1980s. Read our blog about the work we have done so far and what we still need to do.
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Campaigning works

Thanks to local campaigners, Oxfordshire County Council recently abandoned their proposed £1m cuts to mental health funding. Frances, the group co-ordinator tells us how her group campaigned to oppose the cuts...and won.

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Become a campaigner

Do you feel that mental health is misunderstood and overlooked? Are you ready to join tens of thousands of Rethink Mental Illness campaigners to call for change? If so, sign up to become a campaigner today and help us challenge attitudes and change lives for people affected by mental illness.

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