While our member @assocmhp.bsky.social welcomes the #MentalHealthBill receiving Royal Assent, and how it can potentially benefit and protect people, it has some concerns.

Words read: "The real test of this Act will be whether it is implemented in a way that makes rights accessible in practice, tackles racial disparities, and properly resources the VCSE services that already do this work. Reform must be judged by outcomes, not intent. Dania Hanif, Chief Executive, Association of Mental Health Providers."

Today marks a significant moment for mental health in England as the #MentalHealthBill receives Royal Assent.

Read our full response: amhp.org.uk/mental-health-bill-recei...

Members in the House of Lords chamber

🕝 #HouseOfLords from 2.30pm includes:

🟥 wheelchair services by the NHS and social care authorities
🟥 improving the scale of research into brain tumours
🟥 #MentalHealthBill
🟥 #BorderSecurityBill
🟥 #PlanningBill

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Ministers leave door open to continuing ‘absolute scandal’ of inappropriate Mental Health Act detention A disabled MP has failed to persuade ministers to show exactly what progress they are making towards ensuring there are enough community services to halt the “scandal” of disabled people being inap…

Ministers leave door open to continuing ‘absolute scandal’ of inappropriate Mental Health Act detention
#MentalHealthBill #MentalHealthAct
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Mental Health Bill returns to parliament  - Centre for Mental Health As the Mental Health Bill returns to parliament, we outline some urgent recommendations for amendments. Of particular concern is the omission of a statutory race equality framework

The #MentalHealthBill is back in Parliament today. One of our key recommendations is that the Government place a statutory duty on all mental health providers to implement the Patient and Carer Race Equality Framework (PCREF).
Read more 👇
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UN calls for human rights assessment of government’s benefit cuts bill and mental health reforms Disabled experts from the United Nations have told the UK government to carry out a “comprehensive” assessment of the human rights impact of its universal credit cuts bill, further plans to reform …

UN calls for human rights assessment of government’s benefit cuts bill and mental health reforms
#UNCRPD #CRPD #UniversalCredit #MentalHealthBill
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Mental Health Bill: Call for evidence

Share your views and help ensure that the new legislation does not abandon the communities urgently calling for change: www.parliament.uk/business/new...
#MentalHealthAct #MentalHealthBill #MentalHealth
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What does an MP actually do?

This week, I’m scrutinising the #MentalHealthBill – line by line – to shape a law that puts compassion and patient choice at the heart of mental health care.

Handing NHS staff police detention powers ‘would have grave consequences’ A group of health organisation said that changes to the Mental Health Bill would cause ‘significant harm with dangerous consequences’

ADASS, @rcpsych.bsky.social and other leading orgs have said that proposed changes to the #MentalHealthBill will cause “significant harm with dangerous consequences.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nhs-mental-health-detention-police-b2757561.html

1/3 📢 On Monday, MPs debated the Mental Health Bill in Parliament.

MP Jen Craft @thurrockjen.bsky.social, Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Groups (APPG) on Learning Disability, and other MPs called on the Government for a plan to develop sufficient community support

#MentalHealthBill

Young people's views to improve care under Mental Health Bill amendment - CYP Now Children’s rights campaigners are claiming a “major win” after securing an amendment to the Mental Health Bill that will ensure young people's views are considered in clinicians' decisions about the e...

#GoodNews #CampaigningWorks

As I said in the #HouseofLords, nothing about us without us should be the rule

#MentalHealth #MentalHealthBill
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Tobacco and Vapes Bill considered by Lords Members debate “smoke-free generation” legislation at second reading. Find out more

📃 In bills, creating a smoke-free generation was on the agenda as members debated the main principles of the #TobaccoAndVapesBill. Members also began detailed scrutiny of the #RentersRightsBill and tidied up the #MentalHealthBill.

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Wednesday 23 April, member speaking in the Lords chamber

🕒 #HouseOfLords from 3pm includes:     
     
🟥 rule of law in Bosnia and Herzegovina
🟥 artificial intelligence emissions
🟥 #MentalHealthBill 
🟥 #TobaccoAndVapesBill
     
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Bring People Home from Psychiatric Hospital. Campaign led by People with Learning Difficulties/Disabilities and Autistic People. Day of Action at Westminster and Department for Health and Social Care. Tuesday 29th April 2025, 11:30am-3pm. For more information on online & in-person campaign activities: www.inclusionlondon.org.uk/BPHH. Contact Simone Aspis, Email Address simone.aspis@inclusionlondon.org.uk, Telephone Number : 020 3327 0333, Mobile Number : 07749 892 843. A cartoon showing an autistic person and other people with labels going into a locked hospital, and an arrow from that hospital towards a home. Easy Read cartoons of Disabled people holding protest signs and Disabled people gathered in front of Big Ben and parliament, holding a sign saying Free our people now!

Ministers refused to meet with us about the #MentalHealthBill, so we are going to them. 📢 On 29th April we will deliver a letter to @skinnock.bsky.social and Baroness Merron demanding a meaningful say on how to keep us out of psychiatric hospitals.

Find out more: buff.ly/eifOvod

Yesterday marked the latest stage of deliberations in the @houseoflords.parliament.uk on the #MentalHealthBill.
Kadra Abdinasir explains the new developments - and missed opportunities - as the Bill progresses through Parliament 👇
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BASW backs AMHP Leads Network speaking out on 'deeply troubling' change to Mental Health Bill The proposed change will bring 'disastrous unintended consequences' say the AMHP Leads Network

.@amhpleadsnetwork.bsky.social and @basw-uk.bsky.social come out against Mental Health Bill amendments to reduce police role (and expand that of health and social care professionals) in response to mental health crises #mentalhealth #mentalhealthbill #police
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Wednesday 2 April, member speaking in the Lords chamber

🕒 #HouseOfLords from 3pm includes:    
    
🟥 free school meals
🟥 sentencing guidelines
🟥 #BusServicesBill
🟥 #MentalHealthBill

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1/4 📣 Yesterday there was an important debate on the Mental Health Bill in Parliament. Baroness Hollins explained why it is vital the Bill includes a plan to make sure the right community support is in place for people with a learning disability and autistic people.

#MentalHealthBill

Coming up in the Lords Questions, bills and debates: discover what's coming up in the House of Lords.

🕝 #HouseOfLords from 2.30pm includes:

🟥 privacy of Apple customers
🟥 increasing productivity
🟥 #MentalHealthBill
🟥 #NationalInsuranceBill

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Here’s the video recording of our webinar last week on autism, learning disability and the #MentalHealthBill. Thanks to all who spoke and watched! youtu.be/oM53rBKkLEM @rightfullives.bsky.social @learningdisability.bsky.social

Autistic woman wrongly locked up in mental health hospital for 45 years “Kasibba”, who is non-verbal and had no family to speak for her, was one of hundreds wrongly detained.

The #MentalHealthBill is so important

#HumanRights #Equalities
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Navigating the Mental Health Bill: Key themes from Committee Stage - Centre for Mental Health Zainab outlines the key issues raised in the House of Lords debate on reform to the Mental Health Act.

As the #MentalHealthBill makes its way through Parliament and committee stage comes to an end, policy & public affairs assistant Zainab explains the key topics raised for both children and adults - and what happens next:
www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/navigating-t... @cypmentalhealth.bsky.social

Did you know not everyone receiving publicly funded care is protected by the Human Rights Act (‘HRA’), due to a legal loophole?

We’re working to change this through an amendment to the #MentalHealthBill, to be debated by the @houseoflords.parliament.uk today (1/6)

Graphic: Monday 24 February in the House of Lords

🕝 #HouseOfLords from 2.30pm:

🟥 reducing re-offending among domestic abusers
🟥 tackling county lines drug trafficking
🟥 violence against women and girls on trains
🟥 ‘motion to regret’ online safety regulations
🟥 #MentalHealthBill

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A busy House of Lords chamber with one member speaking from the despatch box

📃 This week in House of Lords bills: members continue to examine the #MentalHealthBill, make further changes to the #NationalInsuranceBill, and ‘tidy up’ the #GreatBritishEnergyBill.

IN PARLIAMENT: Baroness Fox of Buckley raises the issue of prison environments exacerbating poor mental health.

Read more from Monday's debate on the #MentalHealthBill here: hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-0...

Graphic: Monday in the House of Lords

🕝 #HouseOfLords from 2.30pm includes:

🟥 children’s rights
🟥 energy usage in mining cryptocurrencies
🟥 impact on UK’s nations on financial policy and tax changes
🟥 #MentalHealthBill

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📃 This week in bills: Lords checks and changes of #MentalHealthBill, #NationalInsuranceBill and #BusServicesBill, and debate on key principles of #NonDomesticRatingBill at second reading. Plus, further examination of the #DataBill.

⬇️ Find out more about second reading

Surge in young people admitted to hospital in England over mental health Study finds jump of 65% between 2012-2022 and suggests thousands may not be getting needed specialist care

Why am I prioritising the #MentalHealthBill as it starts in the #HouseofLords? One answer

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Text: Wednesday 22 January Image: Lord Wigley speaking in the Lords chamber

🕒 #HouseOfLords from 3pm includes:    
    
🟥 political donations from abroad
🟥 railway electrification
🟥 #MentalHealthBill
🟥 #GreatBritishEnergyBill

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