See below for our latest press releases:
10/10/2008 - In response to the WHO report claiming that English mental health services are among the best in Eur Click here to read the full press release- 07/10/2008 - Rising repossessions could damage the mental health of almost half the country, a new survey for mental health charity Rethink reveals (1). Click here to read the full press release
- 07/10/2008 - A new Mental Health minister has been announced following the recent cabinet reshuffle. Click here to read the full press release
- 21/07/2008 - People with mental health problems identify employers as a key stigmatising group on the day government wants to push through scrapping Incapacity Benefit in their Welfare Reform Green paper. Click here to read the full press release
- 21/07/2008 - Millions of people with mental illness are unable to do everyday things like going to the shops, making new friends or applying for jobs, groundbreaking research reveals. Click here to read the full press release
- 30/06/2008 - The proposed NHS Constitution will make it a legal right to receive treatments recommended by NICE. Click here to read the full press release
- 10/06/2008 - The government’s pledge to plough £150 million into respite breaks for carers might sound impressive, but in reality it works out at a measly £15 per carer per year, mental health charity Rethink warns today. Click here to read the full press release
- 09/06/2008 - On the day that the government launches its new carers’ strategy, carers of people with mental illness will be taking the rare opportunity to enjoy some time out at a deckchair tea party in front of the Houses of Parliament. Click here to read the full press release
- 09/06/2008 - New research by Rethink (Monday June 9) suggests that less than half of people with severe mental illness are getting the healthchecks GPs are meant to provide. Click here to read the full press release
- 22/05/2008 - Talking therapy should be offered to all those who need it, not just specific ethnic groups, mental Click here to read the full press release
- 09/05/2008 - In today’s report health minister Lord Darzi says he wants service-users and their carers to have their say over the kinds of health service they want and need in their local area. Click here to read the full press release
- 08/05/2008 - Mental health charity Rethink has today branded findings released by the Department of Health on attitudes towards people with mental health problems as “shocking, ignorant, and unacceptable in today’s society. Click here to read the full press release
- 07/05/2008 - Mental health charity Rethink has today expressed its disappointment at the government’s decision to reclassify cannabis as a class B drug. Click here to read the full press release
- 25/04/2008 - The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs is set to make its recommendation on cannabis classification to Gordon Brown this Monday and all the signs are that they will tell him to keep it at class C. Click here to read the full press release
- 16/04/2008 - A new project aimed at improving the mental wellbeing of students is being launched at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) on Thursday 17 April. Click here to read the full press release
- 03/04/2008 - Mental health charity Rethink has today urged Prime Minister Gordon Brown to listen to the experts and keep cannabis at class C. Click here to read the full press release
- 02/04/2008 - Mental health charity Rethink has sent an open letter to Gordon Brown today, which calls on him to base his decision on cannabis classification solely on the evidence. Click here to read the full press release
- 01/04/2008 - The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) is soon to make its recommendation to government on whether to reclassify cannabis as a class B drug. Click here to read the full press release
- 27/03/2008 - Responding to the announcement of the new Employment and Support Allowance Regulations today, Ret Click here to read the full press release
- 26/02/2008 - A study published today claims that anti-depressants don’t have any clinically significant effect in most cases (1). Click here to read the full press release
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