Talking to your MP on your terms
As a local champion I have raised issues brought to me by service users, their carers and the local voluntary sector agencies.
Type: Blog
The fight for real choice in treatment
Mental health issues come up frequently in my work as a local MP. Of the hundreds of people who come to see me at my regular surgeries many are suffering from a mental health issue of some kind or are making representations to me about someone who is.
Type: Blog
We need to transform healthcare in this country
Paul Burstow MP talks about a visitor to his constituency surgery.
Type: Blog
A place for parity
Most of England’s Health and Wellbeing Boards are prioritising at least one mental health issue in their strategies but almost one in ten has ignored them entirely.
Type: Page
Parity of esteem: a briefing note
Parity of esteem is the principle by which mental health must be given equal priority to physical health. This briefing note gives an overview of the situation and the impacts.
Type: Publication
Bridging the gap
A rebalancing of health and care resources is needed to ensure no one is denied the mental or physical health care they need.
Type: Publication
The NHS Constitution: a briefing note
The NHS Constitution sets out what you can expect from the NHS as a patient and as a staff member.
Type: Publication
Mental health: the whole picture
Community budgets that pool funding for services could dramatically improve mental health provision. This ‘whole place’ approach should be backed in the Spending review.
Type: Blog
The Mental Health Treatment Requirement
The MHTR has unfulfilled potential to offer offenders with mental health problems the option of a sentence in the community.
Type: Publication
A label for exclusion
This policy paper identifies areas and practical examples of how the commissioning and delivery of alcohol interventions for offenders in the community might be developed.
Type: Publication