Equal access to mental health support must be at the heart of recovery from Covid-19, says Commission for Equality
Our new report looks at inequalities of access to mental health support
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Commission for Equality in Mental Health: Briefing 2
Why are groups that face higher levels of poor mental health experiencing the greatest difficulty in accessing services?
Keeping our workforce well: Supporting the VCSE mental health sector
Sarah Hughes and Kathy Roberts on the way voluntary sector workers’ needs have been overlooked despite experiencing similar traumas and anxieties to those in statutory services
Taking care of maternal mental health during Covid-19
Maria explains how the Maternal Mental Health Alliance are campaigning to support mothers and families during the pandemic
“Business as usual is not an option”: Prime Minister urged to create new Mental Health Renewal Plan for England
We have joined with a coalition of other charities to urge Boris Johnson to support the nation’s recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic
Nothing can be changed until it is faced: Facing up to inequalities in Covid-19
Peter Molyneux considers the way Covid-19 has shone a light on health and racial inequalities
Now is the time to act: keeping race in mind
Kadra reflects on the global Black Lives Matter protests, the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on racialised communities, and the effect of racism on mental health
Covid-19 could widen mental health inequalities for a generation, says Centre for Mental Health report
The virus and lockdown are putting greater pressure on groups whose mental health was already poorer and more precarious before the pandemic
Covid-19: understanding inequalities in mental health during the pandemic
The pandemic risks further entrenching structural inequalities that were already affecting people’s mental health. Now is the time to act.
Centre for Mental Health to study impact of Covid-19 on wellbeing of whole population by asking for people’s stories in own words
More about the launch of our new project ‘A Year in Our Lives 2020’