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What do we mean when we talk about community? WHO’s guidance on community mental health services

By Mary Sadid, NSUN Policy Officer The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released a new report: Guidance on community mental… more

SRN Discussion and Support Group for Survivor Researchers

Next meeting: 17.30 – 19.30 Tuesday 29 June via Zoom A space for people with lived experience of mental distress… more

DWP ‘offers to settle’ policy – call to share experiences

Department for Work and Pensions’ ‘offers to settle’ policy The Public Law Project is representing a client bringing a systemic… more

NHS Digital Data Sharing: What you need to know about changes to how your data is shared

Update 09/06/2021 – the deadline to opt out has now been extended to 30 September 2021. Read what NHS Digital… more

Racism, mental health and pre-crime policing: the ethics of Vulnerability Support Hubs

By Mary Sadid, NSUN Policy Officer Medact’s latest report, ‘Racism, mental health and pre-crime policing: the ethics of Vulnerability Support… more

SRN Discussion and Support Group for Survivor Researchers

Next meeting – 17.30 – 19.30  Tuesday 18 May via Zoom A space for people with lived experience of mental distress… more

StopSIM Coalition Consensus Statement relating to The High Intensity Network (HIN)

Over the last couple of weeks, service users, survivors, people with lived experience of mental distress and allies have been… more

Response to the MHA White Paper

Response to the White Paper on the reform of the Mental Health Act The undertaking to reform the Mental Health… more

Shared learning sessions on online peer support

Building Community Online: learning from online LGBTQ+ peer support Developed with Switchboard, the National Survivor User Network and Mind, this… more

Mental Health Act Q&A Webinar

We held a Q&A webinar on the 6th April on the proposed changes to the Mental Health Act in the… more

Addressing systemic racism in our sector – blog

This blog is a result of a series of conversations mental health and social CEOs have been having to address… more

NSUN initial response to the Mental Health Act White Paper 2021

The White Paper on the Reform of the Mental Health Act was published last Wednesday (you can also access it… more