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      <title><![CDATA[More than three quarters of people think society has become more selfish]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-news/news-archive/2012/12-05-20/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[New report from the Mental Health Foundation highlights how helping others is good for people’s mental health and wellbeing.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Together for Mental Health - A Cross-Government Strategy for Mental Health and Wellbeing in Wales]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On 8th May, the Welsh government launched Together for Mental Health - A Cross-Government Strategy for Mental Health and Wellbeing in Wales and is asking for comments on their strategy for the future of mental health services in Wales.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 09:18:32 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Response to the CQC Deprivation of Liberties Safeguards Annual Report 2010/11]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-news/news-archive/2012/176433/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Toby Williamson, Head of Development and Later Life at the Mental Health Foundation responds to the CQC Deprivation of Liberties Safeguards Annual Report 2010/11.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Response to the government’s pledge to double the funding for research into dementia]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-news/news-archive/2012/2012-03-26/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dr Andrew McCulloch, Chief Executive at the Mental Health Foundation responds to the government’s pledge to double the funding for research into dementia.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mental Health Foundation responds to Lord Layard's call for a Cabinet Minister for mental health]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Simon Lawton-Smith, Head of Policy at the Mental Health Foundation, responds to Lord Layard’s call for a Minister for mental health at Cabinet level.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:01:12 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Response to the Government’s £22 million investment in young people’s psychological therapies]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-news/news-archive/2012/2012-02-29/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Barbara McIntosh, Head of Children and Young People’s Programmes at the Mental Health Foundation, responds to the Government's investment of £22 million in children and young people's psychological therapies.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:49:52 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mental Health Foundation responds to Department of Health's review of the Care Quality Commission]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-news/news-archive/2012/2012-02-23/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Simon Lawton-Smith, Head of Policy at the Mental Health Foundation, responds to the Department of Health's performance and capability review of the Care Quality Commission.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:57:39 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Best Practice Exchange workshops go on the road!]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-news/news-archive/2012/12-02-15/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The BOND (Better Outcomes, New Delivery) Consortium, funded by the Department for Education, is running a series of workshops in March.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New mental health awareness training session]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Mental Health Foundation will be holding a mental health awareness training session at their office in London Bridge on 8 March 2012.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:38:49 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[MCA Code of Practice needs revising to enable more effective best interests decisions to be made]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-news/news-archive/2012/12-01-31/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Mental Health Foundation, in partnership with the University of Bristol and the Centre for Applied Social Research at the University of Bradford, have today published a report calling for the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) Code of Practice to be revised.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Mental Health Strategy: what do we know so far?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-news/news-archive/2012/12-01-16a/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[A recent study has found that the Government’s latest mental health strategy has so far only had a limited impact on service commissioning and provision, with little evidence that it is being used to guide local decision making.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Today, the so-called ‘Blue Monday’, is supposed to be the most depressing day of the year]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-news/news-archive/2012/12-01-16/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[It’s been suggested that today, the so-called ‘Blue Monday’, is the most depressing day of the year. If people do find themselves feeling low during the winter months, there are a number of steps that they can take to improve how they feel.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mental Health Foundation launches new podcasts to help people stick to their New Year’s resolutions]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Mental Health Foundation has published two new podcasts which focus on the most popular New Year’s resolutions and offer advice on how to approach them in a mentally healthy way.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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