Davina McCall backs bid to end stigma around mental health and menopause The 58-year-old has backed a Royal College of Psychiatrists call for action Evening Standard · Mar 1
Mental health care ‘being rationed’ over failure to cut spiralling waiting list, top doctor warns Some 1.7 million patients are waiting for community mental health care – with more than 48,000 waiting more than two years to be seen The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2025
Stretched services leaving psychiatrists ‘in emotional and ethical distress’ A survey of RCPsych members found almost three-quarters felt they had made decisions based on factors other than what is in a patient’s best interest. The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2025
Questions over psychiatrist shortages amid assisted dying legislation changes Labour MP Kim Leadbeater tabled changes last week involving the scrapping of a High Court judge in favour of a three-person expert panel. Evening Standard · Feb 18, 2025
Too many people with eating disorders are being failed, say group of MPs MPs said there has been an alarming rise in eating disorders in the past decade and there is ‘widespread neglect’ in services. Evening Standard · Jan 22, 2025
One in three consultant child psychiatrist posts in England are vacant, analysis shows Child and adolescent mental health services have highest vacancy rates of any psychiatric specialism The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2024
Labour’s mental health reforms a ‘lip service’ that could worsen racial inequalities, experts warn Exclusive: Labour government has yet to commit to funding levels for mental health promised under the Tories The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2024
Doctors say UK’s immigration system risks ‘re-traumatising’ asylum seekers Exclusive: Royal College of Psychiatrists calls for review of laws, saying Labour has ‘moral and ethical obligation’ to protect those seeking sanctuary in UK The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2024
Does England’s Mental Health Act need reform in light of CQC review? After report found ‘errors and misjudgments’ in Valdo Calocane case, how can mental health care be improved? The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2024
Record number of NHS mental health patients kept in hospitals longer than necessary Lack of care and support leaves patients stranded on units when they are clinically ready to be discharged The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2024
Mental health advance choice documents ‘would reduce sectioning’ Expert says treatment plans set out while patients are well should be included in Mental Health Act reforms in England and Wales The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2024
City Hall hears 'grave concerns' over change in police response to mental health calls Representatives from mental health organisations said that while they support the approach in principle, they were worried about its roll-out Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2024
Children’s emergency mental health referrals in England soar by 53% NHS data exposing a ‘devastating explosion’ of mental illness should be a ‘wake-up call’ for the government, MPs and health leaders say The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2024
Mental health ‘top reason for children contacting Childline’ Mental and emotional health and wellbeing was the main reason children contacted the NSPCC service in 2022/23. The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2023
The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2023 Police in England and Wales to reduce response to mental health-related calls Response to mental health calls to be cut down to 20 to 30 per cent
The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2023 Plans to cut back on police attending mental health callouts Ministers said it is up to police forces in England and Wales along with healthcare boards to work out when and how to put the changes into place.
The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2022 The mental health patients dying on NHS wards from starvation and neglect Investigation: Scores of patients in mental health units have died from physical illnesses that could have been avoided. Rebecca Thomas uncovers systemic issues in the health service that experts say are leading to the neglect of the vulnerable