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Lib Dem conference: Members vote for rights-based reform to mental health laws

By John Pring on 20th September 2018 Category: Human Rights

Lib Dem conference: Members vote for rights-based reform to mental health laws
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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 alliance set to raise concerns for second time with Mental Health Act Review

By John Pring on 16th August 2018 Category: Human Rights

User-led alliance set to raise concerns for second time with Mental Health Act Review
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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 […]

General Election 2017: Tory mental health plans greeted with accusations of ‘hypocrisy’

By John Pring on 11th May 2017 Category: Human Rights

General Election 2017: Tory mental health plans greeted with accusations of ‘hypocrisy’
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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 […]

Mother pleads for help in ending autistic son’s seven-year incarceration

By John Pring on 24th November 2016 Category: Human Rights

Mother pleads for help in ending autistic son’s seven-year incarceration
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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 […]

Mental health laws are ‘intrinsically discriminatory’, says Perkins

By John Pring on 10th November 2016 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Mental health laws are ‘intrinsically discriminatory’, says Perkins
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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 […]

Mental health survivor’s shock at MBE

By John Pring on 16th June 2016 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Mental health survivor’s shock at MBE
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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 […]

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