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2025 News and views
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Why we refreshed the Rethink Mental Illness Brand
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What to do when someone opens up about their mental illness
If someone discloses a mental illness to you, showing that you care and asking what you can do to help could mean the world.
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Make your voice heard: How you can help shape the future of community mental health services
If you have experience living with mental illness, or of caring for someone who does, you have a chance to help shape the future of community mental health by sharing your experiences directly with Members of Parliament.
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Rethink Mental Illness Nominated for British Diversity Award
We are delighted to announce that Rethink Mental Illness has been shortlisted for the Charity or Not-For-Profit of the Year at the British Diversity Awards 2025.
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The ups and downs of the latest NHS planning guidance
Last week the NHS published its national planning guidance for 2025/26 - the first under the new Labour government. We look at the ups and downs and how they affect people living with mental illness.
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How to start a conversation with someone living with a mental illness
It's Time to Talk Day - the nation’s biggest mental health conversation. We asked our lived experience volunteers how they would want someone to start a supportive conversation about mental health.
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EastEnders working with Rethink Mental Illness on depression with psychotic symptoms storyline
TV soap EastEnders is set to air a storyline where character Phil Mitchell experiences depression with psychotic symptoms, with input from Rethink Mental Illness and other charities.
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London rapper Shocka announced as Rethink Mental Illness ambassador
London rapper Shocka is the newest Rethink Mental Illness ambassador. With experience of living with schizophrenia and being detained under the Mental Health Act, Shocka will work closely with our equity and racial justice team.
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NHS England has been abolished: What this means for mental health
The Prime Minister has announced that NHS England has been abolished. But what does that mean for mental health provision across the country?
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Our response to the Health Secretary’s claim that mental illnesses are being “overdiagnosed”
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said that doctors are “overdiagnosing” mental health conditions with “too many people being written off” when they could return to work. Read our response.
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Our message to the government ahead of planned cuts to the social security system
Our message to the government ahead of planned cuts to the social security system: Instead of punishing people living with mental illness, listen to us and commit to meaningful reform.
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The social security system should help people with mental illness
The government has announced £5 billion cuts in a planned reform of the social security system. We are incredibly concerned that these reforms could trigger hardship and suffering for those of us severely affected by mental illness.
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