Disabled people are facing punitive sanctions and perverse incentives when trying to claim allowances which are damaging their health and placing barriers in the way of their efforts to seek work. Researchers at the University...
Blue Badge scheme to be extended to hidden disabilities, including autism and mental health conditions. Blue Badge scheme to be extended to people with ‘hidden’ disabilities Biggest overhaul to the system in 40 years, offering...
Mark Avery writing for the Education and Skills Funding Agency: The internet can be an intimidating place for people with mental health issues. I should know. For as I can remember I’ve been going into battle daily...
The King’s Fund has responded to the new NHS Providers report, The State of the NHS Provider Sector. Helen Gilburt, Fellow in Health Policy at The King’s Fund, said: ‘This report yet again raises concerns around...
Liz Norton is a carer who looks after a family member who lives with mental health issues. Last month, Liz, fellow carer Rose Chitseko and colleagues from Healthwatch Essex visited the Department of Health. Here,...
Increasing demands on general practice over the past five years – not just a heavier workload but the increasing complexity and intensity of work – have led to a feeling of crisis. The NHS is...
Sarah Gregory Researcher, Policy at The Kings Fund has taken a look at this question Two years ago I wrote about how health systems in other countries were grappling with the problems of how to...
Jon Stone writing for The Independent (17/09/2015) – People on the programme report worsening health problems and reducing work motivation. The Government’s Work Programme is making the lives of people with mental health problems worse...
Jeremy Corbyn has appointed a shadow “Minister for Mental Health” to his shadow cabinet, Labour has announced. Luciana Berger will directly work on mental health issues and consider how they can best be addressed by...
Steve Connor writes in The Independent – The Roman philosopher Seneca the Younger said “there is no great genius without some touch of madness”. Now scientists have shown that he may have ben right. A...
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