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04 2026

• Britons united on mental health, but politics lags behind, polling finds

  New polling shows strong public backing for better mental health care, but politics has yet to catch up. Head On launches to turn that consensus into pressure for action.

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• Our response to HSSIB report on crisis care in emergency departments

  The Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) has raised concerns about the lack of a legal power to prevent people in mental health crisis from leaving A&E departments. Read our response.

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• 'Government must now set a more ambitious goal': We respond to news of additional 8,500 mental health workers

  Our charity welcomes the positive increase in staff, buta says the government must now go further and faster to solve the workforce crisis and meet the scale of urgency and need.

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