UK close to passing ‘landmark’ mental health reform

Long-awaited reforms to the 40-year-old Mental Health Act moved a step closer to becoming law today with their second reading in the House of Lords.

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The Mental Health Bill will give patients a greater say in their care, but charities are concerned there may not be enough funding to support these changes

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27 Comments

  1. I am confused as to why the government refuses to pay adequate salaries in line with inflation that would at least increase the supply for staff.

    This will continue to get worse until the government health and social care workers what they should receive.

  2. Scitzophrenia aka not liking Torys or Labour. Speaking out against both. 😂
    I had no idea people were being silenced on mass in the UK. We criticise other countries for this 😂
    Tormented by the faithful.

  3. The state is using DEW electrinic weapons against its own civilians, causing heart palpitations and vibrating the ear. Hearing voices.
    The 5g network is a weapon.
    I have experienced it.
    It's literally a crime against humanity.
    Search for 'Havana Syndome'
    We need courageous people from the intelligence services to come forward here.

  4. Ephesians 6:12
    For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
    Never been more true.

  5. Treatments to keep you quiet less work for psychiatric nurses and trial and error all should be abolished.

    The changes what’s going to be applied should give us a better wellbeing.

    Have aHappy Christmas and a better new year.

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  7. Not one mention of "Carer", "Parent", or "Family & Friends" in the Act. No one knows how the new legal Nominated Person designation, made by the patient, (who can be anyone) will impact parents, who may have been looking after their children/teens/adult children throughout their illness. Baroness Butler-Sloss is trying to rectify this omission, by her amendments in the HoL, adding the words "parent" and "or guardian" where needed.

  8. At 3:15:00 She says "Talking Therapies" twice. This is their prefered, cheaper, alternative to care in a MH ward, with the burden of full time care still on the family. Then think who will provide these Talking Therapies.😉

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  10. The abolition of NHS England with it's replacement by 42 Independent Care Boards with Board influenced by private healthcare providers us yet more NHS privatisation.

    Integrated Care Boards with profit motive will lead to reduced service provision for less profitable health services such as mental health provision, counselling and support.

  11. I don't like the mental health following the stupid rules of the institutions, if you can make sure all opposing the Mental reform are out of commission,From Experience there have been doctors just changing a few words a month and others who I told to write the things I would like that have been overriden by The most inconvenient tweakers,Those people cannot get any money because their different aspect of what the world and universe is all about,If you don't worry about the universe then we are aiming to get you out of this world one step at a time.

  12. So, we have a ballooning aging demographic and all the young are killing themselves. But at least we have talking therapies.

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  14. My family is genetically predisposed to a mental health condition, two of my brothers committed suicide.. Mental health in the community is tragic, over the last 15 plus years of austerity its lost resources, investment and doesn't have sufficient staff or facilities and to make matters worse more people suffer from mental conditions due to bad politics and societal failures and prejudices. Some local authorities prioritise the wrong people, while others who can't access what help is there slip through the safety net and commit suicide and not to mention those who are gaining the system and wrongfully diverting help where it's needed.

    This political move, if removing finance from already wanng resources and authorities, would have a massive negative impact but what I've learned is that people struggling at the bottom and who find it virtually impossible to have a quality if life, purpose and dignity are not cared for by their government or the local community as well as they should. Yes there are disabled and mentally ill people in good situations and some capable and in jobs but how many and how many rely on these services and benefits to continue and how many who are not?

  15. People like the baroness have the power to affect policies. As a mate of mine once sed – it's a mental health act then where is the real one?

    It's only over 40 years old though so nothing to worry about. But seriously – I appreciate the fact that sometimes people need to be detained for their own and others safety. I've been there a few times…

    However for me it boils down to this – there simply needs to be more choice and YES the patient centred approach needs to be allowed more as it is part of this.

    People like the baroness should be making CBD available on prescription for example. It's long since been known the benefits that this plant medicine has. It's helped me in the past far more than any pharmaceutical has. Granted pharmaceuticals aid stability but they usually only block neurons and dopamine they DO NOT connect neurons or promote neurogenisis.

  16. No, he's bloated because he eats too much, I have bipolar and take quetiapine which makes me feel hungry but I don't stuff myself silly as a result and im not overweight.

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