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Victory for welfare campaigners as judges rule controversial disability benefits procedure is unfair
Three judges have ruled that the procedure currently used by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to decide whether hundreds of thousands of people are eligible for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) disadvantages people with mental health problems, learning disabilities and autism.
New GP-led commissioners failing to listen to mental health patients, according to new report
Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) must do more to involve people with mental illness and their families when making spending decisions, according to a new report published today by the charity Rethink Mental Illness.
Rethink Mental Illness: Hyundai suicide car ad ‘breathtakingly insensitive’ says mental health charity
“This film is breathtakingly insensitive. I’m appalled that anyone could even come up with such as crass idea for an advert..." Read Rethink Mental Illness's comment on the Hyundai car advert.
NHS must do more to help people with mental illness to stop smoking, says charity
Paul Jenkins, CEO of Rethink Mental Illness, has called on the NHS to do more to help people with mental illness stop smoking, as a new report reveals that health professionals are failing to support smokers with mental illness to quit.
NHS must do more to help people with mental illness to stop smoking, says Rethink
Paul Jenkins, CEO of Rethink Mental Illness, has called on the NHS to do more to help people with mental illness stop smoking, as a new report reveals that health professionals are failing to support smokers with mental illness to quit.
Rethink Mental Illness: ‘I rescued her and she rescued me’ - the dogs, cats and ducks supporting mental health
After asking their supporters to tell them about the pets that have helped their mental health, the charity Rethink Mental Illness has been inundated with tales of the most supportive cats, dogs, ducks and even guinea pigs in the UK.
Mental health must get same priority as physical health, says Rethink Mental Illness
“These figures highlight how patchy mental health care is across the country, which our members know only too well. Just 10 per cent of people with severe mental illness are currently being offered talking therapies for example. We have supporters who have sat on NHS waiting lists years for this basic treatment, which should be available to everyone who needs it."
Rethink Mental Illness: Drop in mental health staffing ‘alarming’
Paul Jenkins, CEO of the charity Rethink Mental Illness, has urged to government to act now to protect people with mental illness, as new figures show an 11 per cent drop in mental health services which have enough staff.
Pilot projects to improve severe mental illness services are a step in right direction, says Rethink Mental Illness
Wednesday 19 December - Responding to the announcement of a government pilot programme to improve access to psychological therapies for people with severe mental illnesses, Paul Jenkins, CEO of the charity Rethink Mental Illness said:
New report shows scandalous lack of physical health support for people with schizophrenia, says Rethink
Nearly three quarters of people with schizophrenia are missing out on vital support for their physical health, according to the first ever national audit for people with severe mental illness.
Benefits test penalises most vulnerable, says mental health charity Rethink
In response to Professor Malcolm Harrington’s third and final official review of the government’s Work Capability Assessment (WCA) published today, Paul Jenkins, CEO of the charity Rethink Mental Illness said:
Rethink Mental Illness response to Jeremy Hunt statement on Mental Health Act
In response to an announcement today by Jeremy Hunt that the Department of Health is taking action to correct an irregularity in the application of the Mental Health Act, Paul Jenkins, Chief Executive of Rethink Mental Illness said:
Rethink: People with mental health problems helped to hold health services to account
Wednesday, 10 October - Four leading mental health charities are launching a guide today to provide practical advice for people with mental health problems and their families, on how they can have their voices heard in the mental health system and hold services to account.
Rethink Mental Illness: New GP survey shows Government welfare test is pushing vulnerable people to the brink
More than eight out of ten GPs say they have patients who have developed mental health problems due to a controversial benefits test, according to new polling released today by the charity Rethink Mental Illness.
Rethink Mental Illness: New Bill to tackle mental health discrimination is historic step forward, says charity
A private members Bill announced today, aimed at tackling mental health discrimination, represents an historic step forward for the rights of people with a mental illness, according to the CEO of a leading mental health charity.
Rethink Mental Illness: Toughest times ever for people with a mental illness, as MPs prepare for Commons debate on mental health
Paul Jenkins, the CEO of England’s largest mental health membership charity Rethink Mental Illness, has warned that cuts and changes to the benefits system, mean people with mental health problems are living through some of the toughest times they have ever known.
Rethink Mental Illness: Mental health cuts are being made behind closed doors
Spending on social care for people with severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, is being cut behind closed doors, despite government promises of transparency, says a report launched today by the charity Rethink Mental Illness.
Rethink Mental Illness: Medicine shortages are a concern for people with mental health problems
In response to an All Party Pharmacy Group report out today, which details medicine shortages in England, Paul Jenkins, CEO of the charity Rethink Mental Illness said:
Rethink Mental Illness (and others): Time to Change Event
Time to Change is England's biggest ever programme to end the stigma and discrimination faced by people with mental health problems, run by the charities Mind and Rethink Mental Illness and funded by the Department of Health and Comic Relief.
Rethink Mental Illness:House of Lords defeat on NHS reforms "an incredibly important step forward"
Mental health services should not be the 'poor relation' in the NHS anymore, say charity.
Rethink Mental Illness: "Members and supporters say they have thought about ending their own lives."
Commenting on the overturning of a set of amendments in the Commons this afternoon relating to the time limit for Employment and Support Allowance, Rethink Mental Illness CEO Paul Jenkins said:
Rethink: Now it’s time for the government to pause and listen on welfare reform
The charity Rethink Mental Illness is calling for the government to hold a listening exercise on welfare reform, just as it did over NHS reform, following three defeats in the Lords last night.
Rethink Mental Illness name their worst celeb mental health gaffes of 2011
Megan Fox and Jeremy Clarkson make biggest mental health gaffes of the year
Rethink Mental Illness’s heroes of the year: 2011
National mental health charity Rethink Mental Illness name their heroes of the year for 2011
Rethink Mental Illness criticise "poor practice" by Lloyds TSB
Mental health charity, Rethink Mental Illness, is shocked by the treatment of Lloyds CEO Antonio Horta-Osario, by his company, following his absence from work as a result of stress. It believes Lloyds is demonstrating poor practice and reinforcing stigma and discrimination towards people who have mental health problems.
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