Wider policy network
The Mental Health Policy Group
Rethink Mental Illness is part of the Mental Health Policy Group, a collective of six organisations working to improve mental health at a national level by influencing policy.
The group also includes:
- Centre for Mental Health
- Mental Health Foundation
- NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network
- Mind
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
The group is chaired by each organisation on a six-month rotational basis with support from a secretariat provided by Mind.
What does the group do?
The group represent providers, professionals and the hundreds of thousands of people who use mental health services.
We advocate for a cross-government approach to improve services.
We support early intervention and the prevention of mental health problems.
We meet with the government, opposition ministers, and NHS groups to share learnings, offer support and challenge approaches.
To find out more about the Mental Health Policy Group, contact Jeremy Bernhaut, Head of Policy and Influencing at Rethink Mental Illness: jeremy.bernhaut@rethink.org.
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health
The All Party Parliamentary Group is a collection of MPs and Lords from all political parties with an interest in mental health. Their mission is to analyse the government’s approach to mental health and policy developments that will affect people living with mental illness.
Rethink Mental Illness works with the Royal College of Psychiatrists to help organise and shape help to shape the group’s agenda and organise vital debates events ministers, NHS organisations, health professionals, research bodies and people with experience of mental illness.
The Richmond Group
The Richmond Group is a coalition of 12 charities including Rethink Mental Illness, working together to influence health and care policy. It has a wider focus than the Mental Health Policy Group, covering social care, cancer, and long-term health conditions.
The group promotes prevention to be at the heart of the health service and at the centre of all its policy-making.