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Published in: ourNHSTake our 'treatment' or we'll stop your benefits, Tories threaten mentally ill
Proposals to strip benefits from depressed people who 'refuse' treatment are unethical, ignore root causes, and are...
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Published in: ourNHSThe only 'parity' for mental health is that it is being cut and privatised as well
Mental health services are amongst the hardest hit by cuts and privatisation. A new Charter suggests how people can...
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Published in: ourNHSPatients occupy threatened mental health clinic, some signs of victory?
A seven-week occupation of a Cambridge NHS mental health clinic in Britain threatened with closure is having more...
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Published in: TransformationTo survive bipolar disorder, I needed people who didn't love me
There is a unique hope in a stranger's kindness. Despite my catatonic state, despite barely recognising the people I...
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Published in: ourNHSTreat your own dementia, Essex patients told
As Essex council closes the only daycare centre for dementia patients in the South of the county, its councillors...
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Published in: ourNHSLabour's new health ideas - will they rescue NHS from 'organisational dementia'?
We've been tweeting our thoughts on Labour's Oldham Commission on 'Whole Person Care', which launches its report...
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Published in: ourNHSMental health - a Cinderella service no more?
Is the Cinderella service given hope by Nick Clegg's attention?
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Published in: ourNHSRoom to breathe in defence of the NHS
After this week's "Failed by the NHS" documentary, Ramona asks, can we criticise the shortcomings of NHS mental...
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Published in: ourNHSDon't cut mental health lifelines
Are cuts to mental health services getting overlooked in the campaign against NHS closures?