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Ethnic minorities and mental health
Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 11/12/2025
If you are from an ethnic minority background, you may face specific issues relating to your mental health. This page gives information on your options for support and treatment and to help resolve any specific issues.
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Our response to the Supreme Court's ruling on the legal definition of a woman
1 min read |Last updated: 17/04/2025
The Supreme Court in the UK has ruled that the legal definition of a woman should be based on biological sex. Mark Winstanley, Chief Executive of Rethink Mental Illness, said: “It's vital that we do everything possible to promote safety, dignity and respect across society. As a mental health charity, we acknowledge the Supreme Court ruling will be felt...
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Mental health rehabilitation must be transformed so most vulnerable are no longer invisible in the system
1 min read |Last updated: 25/02/2020
Patients with the most severe and enduring mental health problems are effectively “invisible” in the health care system, reveals a new report published by Rethink Mental Illness and the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych). The report, In sight and in mind, shows that this is caused by a lack of national standards in mental health rehabilitation...
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We respond to the government's announcement on reform of the welfare system
1 min read |Last updated: 18/03/2025
The government has today made its long-awaited announcement on its plans to reform the benefits system, alongside the publication of a green paper,Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working. Mark Winstanley, Chief Executive of Rethink Mental Illness, said: “Amid the whirlwind of speculation leading up to this announcement,...
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Joint letter to MPs Stop Benefit Deaths
Campaigns and policy |1 min read |Last updated: 20/06/2023
Cross party letter to Rt Hon Thérèse Coffey MP DRAFT - For MPs only Dear Secretary of State, Re: public inquiry into serious harm and deaths related to the social security system We are writing to you as a cross-party group of parliamentarians to urge you to establish public inquiry into serious harm and deaths linked to the social security system and...
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Cross-party letter to Stop Benefit Deaths
Campaigns and policy |1 min read |Last updated: 10/09/2024
Cross-party MP letter to Stop Benefit Deaths 13 October 2022 Four opposition parties have written to Chloe Smith, the new Work and Pensions Secretary calling for a public inquiry into suicides and serious harm linked to the benefits system. The letter is signed by MPs representing the Liberal Democrats, Scottish National Party, Plaid Cymru and the Green...
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Ensuring uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations among people with severe mental illness
Campaigns and policy |1 min read |Last updated: 21/08/2025
Ensuring uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations among people with severe mental illness – barriers, enablers and recommendations. 1. Introduction The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has placed people with severe mental illness (defined in this case as “Individuals with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, or any mental illness that causes...
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Community Mental Health Framework research
1 min read |Last updated: 20/06/2023
Getting started: lessons from the first year of implementing the Community Mental Health Framework Rethink Mental Illness's new report explores key learning from the first full year of implementation of NHS England's Community Mental Health Framework. We believe that the creation of the Framework, and more recently the introduction of Integrated Care...
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