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The mental health policy landscape: 2017 into 2018

16 January 2018,

What did 2017 mean for government mental health policy and what should we look out for in 2018? Millie Macdonald explains.

2017 Autumn budget: what does it mean for mental health and wellbeing?

24 November 2017,

Millie Macdonald looks at what the Autumn Budget means for mental health.

Mental health policy: three key issues from the past 12 months

5 October 2017,

Policy intern Hannah Lewis picks out three key issues in mental health from her time with us.

Preventing suicide: Supporting those who don't reach out directly for help

8 September 2017, Mark Rowland

Statistics can tell us a lot. They tell us that in the last recorded year (2016), 5,688 people died by suicide in Britain. But statistics don’t tell us everything.

Austerity, Brexit and equal protections across the UK

25 August 2017,

Iris Elliott looks at the UN Disability Committee's scrutiny of the UK's record on rights of people with disabilities.

Holyrood cannot achieve a sea of change in mental health alone

3 July 2017,

Our Policy and Public Affairs Manager Toni Giugliano blogs about Scotland's Mental Health Strategy

Spring Budget: no long-term fix

8 March 2017,

Millie Macdonald gives her thoughts on the Chancellor's 2017 Spring Budget, including the additional funding on social care.

Five Year Forward View for Mental Health: what progress has been made?

21 February 2017,

A year after the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health was published by the Mental Health Taskforce, Jenny Edwards assesses the progress on the valuable recommendations in the report.

What has 2016 meant for UK public mental health policy?

22 December 2016,

It’s safe to say that 2016 won’t be forgotten any time soon, but underneath the Brexit-dominated headlines there were some important developments (both positive and negative) for public mental health across the UK.