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A government-commissioned review* set up to modernise the Mental Health Act has been criticised for falling “significantly short” of recommending full human rights for people in mental distress. The review, published today (Thursday), includes 154 recommendations for improvements to the Mental […]
A user-led network has raised new concerns about the approach being taken by those leading a review of a key piece of mental health legislation on behalf of the government, just weeks before they are due to publish their recommendations. The […]
Liberal Democrats have called for an end to “discriminatory” laws that allow people with mental health conditions or learning difficulties who have capacity to make their own decisions to be detained against their will. Current mental health legislation means that a […]
User-led groups and service-users are set to raise grave concerns about the work of the team reviewing mental health laws on behalf of the government, including its refusal to take a “full human rights-based approach” to reform. An alliance of user-led […]
Two user-led groups have accused the Conservative party of “hypocrisy” after it promised to end the “burning injustices” facing mental health service-users. Both groups pointed out that Conservative social security policies, including the coercion and bullying of benefit claimants, had created […]
Disabled activists and academics have called for the release of an autistic man with learning difficulties who has been held in locked mental health institutions for seven years, against his and his family’s wishes. The case of Eden Norris (pictured, with […]
Urgent action is needed to address the plight of tens of thousands of mental health service-users who are subjected to detention and compulsory treatment under “intrinsically discriminatory” legislation, according to a leading disabled expert. Dr Rachel Perkins pointed to figures which […]
A mental health service-user who has been sectioned more than 30 times in the last 20 years has spoken of her shock at being recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours. Jan Rogers, who receives an MBE, believes the award came as […]