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Rethink Mental Illness responds to White Paper on Health & Care
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.
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Mental Health Act white paper signals reform
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.
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Rethink Mental Illness responds to new Public Health England data
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.
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Rethink Mental Illness responds to "Monitoring the Mental Health Act in 2019/20"
26/11/2020
Today saw the release of the report, Monitoring the Mental Health Act in 2019/20, produced by the Care Quality Commission.
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Rethink Mental Illness welcomes government winter mental health plan and commitment to additional funding
23/11/2020
"This announcement demonstrates that the groundswell of people and organisations calling for a new social contract on mental health is being heard."
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New polling reveals scale of public support for suspending benefit sanctions during the pandemic
19/11/2020
New online research for Rethink Mental Illness shows a majority of 6 in 10 UK adults (59%) support their call for the government to suspend sanctions on claimants of Universal Credit for the next six months.
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