17 February 2016
Children’s mental health: the challenge ahead for the NHS, councils and schools
Children’s mental health is too important to be left to chance”. Our call for a sustained focus on reducing the ten-year gap between children experiencing mental health symptoms and actually receiving help.
15 February 2016
Centre for Mental Health welcomes Taskforce report
Chief Executive Sean Duggan responds to the Mental Health Taskforce report.
15 January 2016
Our partners launch new mental health website section
Our partners Forces in Mind Trust have launched a new section on their website devoted to mental health and offering full details of the new Mental Health Research Programme.
11 January 2016
Investment in mental health care will make a difference to thousands of lives, says Centre for Mental Health
The Centre responds to the Prime Minister’s speech on mental health
7 January 2016
Minister visits innovative Bedfordshire employment pilot
The Minister for Community and Social Care, Alistair Burt, visited one of the IPS projects we have been supporting.
25 November 2015
Spending Review 2015: response from the Mental Health Policy Group
Andy Bell, chair of the Mental Health Policy Group, a coalition of leading mental health organisations, has today issued the following response to the Government’s Spending Review
12 November 2015
Funding of mental health care has to change to prevent more cuts to vital services
Chief Executive Sean Duggan responds to the King’s Fund report ‘Mental health under pressure’
12 November 2015
Children from poorer backgrounds more likely to have mental health problems
A new report finds that children from poorer backgrounds are more likely to experience diagnosable mental health problems, and that 10.3% 11-year-olds has a mental health problem.
9 November 2015
Investing in public mental health will save lives and reduce inequalities, says Centre for Mental Health
Centre for Mental Health’s response to Mind’s report on public mental health spending by local councils.
2 November 2015
Leading names call for fairer funding for mental health care
Andy Bell responds to today’s Equality for Mental Health open letter, which calls for greater parity of esteem between mental and physical health care.
28 October 2015
Centre supports new call to help people with mental health conditions to quit smoking
The Centre is joining with ASH to call for better help for people with mental health problems who wish to quit smoking.
20 October 2015
Centre for Mental Health involved in mental health research programme for ex-service personnel and their families
The Centre is collaborating with the Forces in Mind trust and the King’s Centre for Military Health Research, part of King’s College London.