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‘Halt new mental health bill until there is a public inquiry into deaths and abuse’

By John Pring on 26th January 2023 Category: Human Rights

‘Halt new mental health bill until there is a public inquiry into deaths and abuse’
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Disabled campaigners are calling on the government to halt its reform of the Mental Health Act until there is a public inquiry into the “appalling failings, abuse and high levels of deaths” in mental health services across England. They say that […]

Report on draft mental health bill by peers and MPs ‘is seriously flawed’

By John Pring on 19th January 2023 Category: Human Rights

Report on draft mental health bill by peers and MPs ‘is seriously flawed’
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A report by a cross-party committee of MPs and peers on the government’s plans for mental health reform has been described as “seriously flawed and discriminatory” by a user-led organisation. Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) told the committee last year that the […]

Mental health reforms are ‘full of loopholes’ and will ‘uphold the status quo’

By John Pring on 18th August 2022 Category: Human Rights

Mental health reforms are ‘full of loopholes’ and will ‘uphold the status quo’
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The government’s planned mental health reforms contain “far too many loopholes” and will retain a “fundamentally discriminatory” system, according to some of the first detailed concerns raised by disabled people. Three leading disabled campaigners have told Disability News Service this week […]

Disabled activists will push for changes to draft mental health bill that ‘breaches rights’

By John Pring on 30th June 2022 Category: Human Rights

Disabled activists will push for changes to draft mental health bill that ‘breaches rights’
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Disabled activists have pledged to push for changes to the government’s new draft mental health bill because it is set to retain “fundamental human rights breaches”. Health and social care secretary Sajid Javid this week published the draft bill, which he […]

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