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Government should appoint special mental health tsar, say MPs and peers

The Government should appoint a mental health tsar to be an advocate for patients, MPs and peers have said. A joint parliamentary committee has called for the appointment of a Mental Health Commissioner to oversee key reforms in the sector. The call ...

19 Jan 2023 at 00:01

Government aims to tackle racial disparities with mental health reforms

The Government is aiming to tackle racial disparities and better meet the needs of those with learning difficulties as it unveils proposed reforms to mental health services. The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) published the draft of ...

27 Jun 2022 at 01:01

Legislation to modernise Mental Health Act unveiled in King’s Speech

People detained under the Mental Health Act will be given greater choice and rights under new legislation unveiled as part of the King’s Speech. The Mental Health Bill includes changes that will aim to put more power in the hands of patients ...

17 Jul 2024 at 12:42

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Local Carlow TD describes Publication of Mental Health Bill as 'an important milestone'.

Local Carlow Fianna Fáil TD Jennifer Murnane O'Connor TD has described the publication of the Mental Health Bill 2024 as an important milestone. Government ministers gave approval today (Wednesday, 24 July 2024) to publish the Bill. Read ...

26 Jul 2024 at 09:33

Government suffers Mental Health Bill defeats amid efforts to modernise laws

The Government has suffered several defeats in the Lords as peers debated ways to modernise mental health legislation, including an expansion of police powers to other authorities who could detain people under the Mental Health Act. ...

31 Mar 2025 at 22:19

Children put at ‘unnecessary risk’ under proposals to overhaul mental health law

Some of the UK’s “sickest children” will be put at “unnecessary risk” as a result of the Government’s proposals to overhaul mental health legislation, Parliament has heard. Baroness Berridge called for greater safeguards to be put ...

31 Mar 2025 at 19:55

Mental health reforms ‘mark vital step’ in improving care quality – Streeting

The Government’s attempts to modernise mental health legislation will “not solve every problem” but mark a “vital step” in improving quality of care, according to Wes Streeting. The Health Secretary said attitudes to mental ...

19 May 2025 at 22:28

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