The Mental Health - Time for Action Foundation is a registered charity (no. 1191319) whose aim is to promote and protect mental health nationally.
Joined April 2018
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1/3 This week, our Chair Rachel Bannister was interviewed by @markaustintv @SkyNews on the increase in CYP diagnosed with mental health issues
When she met @Jeremy_hunt last week, he promised that he was putting 'record funding' into mental health services& had a 'workforce plan'
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Yes we are aware of this highly manipulative behaviour of service providers
Do you know some people are refused access to MH care and treatment if they do not accept a diagnosis (BPD for example) they disagree with even if they are noted to be a significant risk to themselves. But if they accept the dx and treatment they can access services. Coercive?
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This week's in the bin;
DBT being foisted on patients for physical health issues
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Do you know some people are refused access to MH care and treatment if they do not accept a diagnosis (BPD for example) they disagree with even if they are noted to be a significant risk to themselves. But if they accept the dx and treatment they can access services. Coercive?
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Thrilled to see that the @thetimes has published this. It is so significant that Open Dialogue is finally becoming part of the national conversation!
Well done @MindfulRussell
#OpenDialogue #MentalHealthTimeforAction #Hope
thetimes.com/article/6d722d6…
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DWP secretly exposes 150,000 PIP claimants to new assessment system that is ‘recipe for disaster’
#DWP #PIP
disabilitynewsservice.com/dw…
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Apr 28
He is. It’s called Reasons To Stay
Apr 28
@SkyNews @markaustintv What an incredible young man Ben is. I didn’t get the name of the organisation. I wish him the very best.
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May 20
Low wages = no savings
UC = no more than 6k in your account
15 million people in the UK aren’t saving enough for retirement, warns the Pensions Commission in its interim report.
Set up last year, it is examining ways to protect pensions for future generations, with a final report and recommendations due in early 2027.
Key findings ⬇️
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Essex mental health trust criticised for remote patient monitors - BBC News- “executive nurse EPUT, said changes were being made in the way it sought consent for contactless monitoring across wards, ensuring "we are fully in line with national guidance". bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2k3…
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“ Miss B said staff did not ask for her consent to be remotely monitored, there was no information on the ward about it, and when she asked staff to turn the system off in her room, her request was refused.”
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2k3…
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Who would want staff entering the bathroom where you're showering asking you to hurry up because of the Oxevision alarming after minutes??
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“ Miss B said staff did not ask for her consent to be remotely monitored, there was no information on the ward about it, and when she asked staff to turn the system off in her room, her request was refused.”
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2k3…
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“ Mental health patients in the UK are routinely coming to harm because of high caseloads, understaffing and overwhelming administrative work…”
theguardian.com/society/2026…?
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Essex Lampard mental health inquiry evidence prompts 'refocus' - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj60…
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"Treated like the enemy”: Calls for new law after learning disabled people cut off from loved ones
itv.com/news/2026-04-22/call…
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💼Work with us! Policy and Campaigns Officer at DR UK
We're looking for someone to join our Disabled-led campaigns team to work for change at a national policy level.
Deadline: May 6th
📢Share in your networks!
More information and apply here 👇
careers.disabilityrightsuk.o…
ALT We're Hiring Policy and Campaigns Officer Hybrid 35 hours per week £32,749 - £36,749 per annum Deadline: Wednesday May 6th For more information: careers.disabilityrightsuk.org Image of a megaphone announcing we're hiring and Disability Rights UK logo in the top right corner
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When engaging with the media, 87% of people with lived experience of mental ill-health, distress or trauma were not offered any form of payment.
Read the full report and download our guidance on the media's engagement with people with lived experience.
nsun.org.uk/resource/not-jus…
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Apr 14
Patient locked in a room for more than four days after mental health crisis
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Apr 13
Delighted this has now been published in @TheDrMagazine @TheBMA
How much of urself should u bring in2 ur work as a dr?
My personal experiences mean I'm a more compassionate psychiatrist,who is not invincible or perfect,&has vulnerabilities like any1 else.
Thank you @Seren_Boyd
As a trainee, old age psychiatrist @SuhanaAh was told to ‘work on her boundaries'.
But tough life experiences have taught her she needs to be her authentic, ‘undivided’ self at work.
‘A good doctor is about being your true self, your whole self and accepting your vulnerable self,’ she says. [3/4]
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American patient dumping from hospital to pavement still in gown:
facebook.com/share/v/14Wyg1r…
That's what we have to look forward to when we're fully privatised.
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Apr 6
UK disability benefit cuts
New applicants for the health top-up to Universal Credit
to receive half of the current rate whilst cost of living rises.
If you lose your benefit and reapply, you get the lower rate.
Thousands will be pushed into poverty.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78l…
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From this week, severely ill and disabled people making new benefit claims will receive lower Universal Credit health element payments than existing claimants if their conditions aren’t deemed "severe and lifelong", with no prospect of improvement.
People with cancer, MS, Parkinson’s, bipolar disorder, ME, long Covid, learning disabilities, and survivors of strokes and heart attacks may not get crucial support solely based on when they applied for help.
I was one of the MPs who warned last year that this would create a completely unjust two-tier disability benefits system. We must keep fighting for this policy to be reversed.
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