Tag: nhs
Homes not hospitals
Last Friday NHS England released its long-awaited plan, Building the Right Support, while on the same day the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) published Is Britain Fairer? The State of Equality and Human Rights 2015. Christine Towers assesses both reports.
No Health Without Mental Health: The First 100 Days and Beyond
The Mental Health Foundation is a member of the Mental Health Policy Group, alongside the Centre for Mental Health, Rethink, RCPsych, Mental Health Network, NHF Confederation, and Mind. As part of the Mental Health Policy Group, we have published ‘Improving England Mental Health: The First 100 Days and Beyond’ to advocate for a range of […]
Dental care, sight tests and prescriptions are no longer automatically free for people with severe impairments
We have recently discovered that dental care, sight tests and prescriptions are no longer automatically free for those people with the most severe impairments under the new benefit system.
Parties need to focus on helping people before they reach the NHS
We must take a step back and look at sustaining good mental health within our society. This means support for mothers during and after pregnancy, skills for children and young people in schools, support for those in and out of work, and effective tools to help people in later life avoid loneliness and depression.
Our children deserve better
There would quite rightly be outrage if someone with cancer, or a broken leg wasn’t given appropriate treatment – so why is it ok for children and young people with mental health problems to be denied the help they need?
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