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31/03/2021

Today, 31 March 2021, The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities released its report looking at racial inequality in education, employment, crime and policing, and health in the UK.

23/03/2021

Rethink Mental Illness warn that NHS and social care mental health services need to be ready to meet increased demand for support from people whose mental health has been severely impacted by the pandemic.

11/02/2021

CEO Mark Winstanley gives his response to the government's white paper: Integration and Innovation: working together to improve health and social care for all.

13/01/2021

The government will today unveil a white paper, setting out its plans to reform the Mental Health Act. This will be the first time the act has significantly changed since 1983.

03/12/2020

Yesterday, Public Health England released new data that reveals for the first time that people severely affected by mental illness are 4.5 times more likely to die before the age of 75, with significant regional variations.

26/11/2020

Today saw the release of the report, Monitoring the Mental Health Act in 2019/20, produced by the Care Quality Commission.

06/04/2021

If you are a carer for someone living with mental illness, coronavirus can cause a lot of complications. Here's our guidance.

31/03/2021

Last weekend the government published its COVID-19 mental health and wellbeing recovery action plan. This document sets out the steps needed to prevent, mitigate and respond to the mental health impacts of the pandemic. This blog from our policy team takes an in-depth look at the plan and what this means for the NHS and for people using mental health services.

31/03/2021

30/03/2021

I love my job, but I’ve found that Bipolar Affective Disorder is complex to talk about when it comes to the workplace and employment; even the description of your condition is complicated.

29/03/2021

Emergency legislation known as the Coronavirus Act 2020 has been introduced by the government to help the country cope with the demands caused by the coronavirus outbreak. We explain how the legislation may affect people living with severe mental illness.

29/03/2021

Living with severe mental illness during a pandemic can bring up a lot of problems. This information tries to help you ease or overcome some of these problems.