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10 2022

• We respond to Channel 4 Dispatches on safety in mental health hospitals

  Rethink Mental Illness responds to Channel 4 Dispatches investigation, which sent an undercover reporter into mental health hospitals to report on patient safety.

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• Opposition parties join growing call for public inquiry into harms of benefits system

  Opposition parties have for the first time called for a public inquiry into death and serious harm related to the benefits system.

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• New PM must take decisive action to prioritise nation's mental health

  Rethink Mental Illness has called on the new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to take decisive action to protect the nation's mental health.

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• Rethink Mental Illness concerned at deep inequality in Mental Health Act detentions

  New data has shown certain groups continue to be detained in hospital at a higher rate than others when experiencing a mental health crisis.

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• Open letter to Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer

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