Peter Beresford is Professor of Citizen Participation at the University of Essex, a long term user of mental health services and Co-Chair of Shaping Our Lives.
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Published in: ourNHSWork makes you well? After 'austerity' comes complicityThis week the government announced new health and welfare plans to ‘help’ (or bully?) disabled and sick people. Why...
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Published in: ourNHS"Handing patients NHS cash" is just rebranding cutsYesterday's announcement that millions of patients would be given individual pots of NHS funding is just a rebranded...
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Published in: ourNHSThe only 'parity' for mental health is that it is being cut and privatised as wellMental health services are amongst the hardest hit by cuts and privatisation. A new Charter suggests how people can...
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Published in: ourNHSSocial care: from personal budgets to a person-centred policy and practicePersonal budgets have serious implications for the ethos of the NHS which must be considered if health and social...