/ Influencing policies
Dr Antonis Kousoulis discusses the impact of Reality TV on mental health, and what the government and TV regulators are doing, and should do, about it.
/ Influencing policies
Today, the Mental Health Policy Group, an alliance of six national charities working together to improve mental health, has written to Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson calling on them to commit to taking action to improve mental health, as set out in our new manifesto “Towards Mental Health Equality.”
/ Mental health in later life
In this blog, Jolie Goodman takes us through why TV is important to some people in later life and how it can help with feelings of isolation and loneliness.
/ Mental health in later life
We are delighted to be launching the Standing Together Cymru project in Newport this March.
/ Influencing policies
Matt Hancock has succeeded Jeremy Hunt as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, appointed just a few days after the NHS celebrated its 70th birthday with a 3.4% increased funding settlement.
/ Mental health in later life
Death. It's a pretty dark topic isn't it? Not many of us want to talk about our own or loved ones' deaths before they happen. Last month, my Grandma passed away at the age of 87 after an increasingly difficult struggle with dementia.
/ Influencing policies
Northern Ireland has catastrophic levels of mental ill health. More people have died by suicide in the past 18 years than were killed during 30 years of conflict.
/ Influencing policies
The community and family orientated approaches outlined in the independent review of Health and Social Care in Wales provides a great sense of optimism: that individuals will stop being viewed in isolation, with a community public mental health approach underpinning the recommendations.
/ Influencing policies
2017 was a year that reframed the UK's political landscape. The triggering of Article 50 set the wheels in motion to exit the European Union, and the Conservatives lost their majority in the general election in May.
/ Influencing policies
There is much to welcome in the Children and Young People’s Green Paper. It's direct commitment to help prevent mental health problems emerging represents a shift in focus looking upstream to tackle the determinants of these problems at their root.
