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Independent Review of the Mental Health Act: NSUN’s response

NSUN is network of people who have or might in the future be affected by the Mental Health Act.  Our… more

UN Special Rapporteur makes damning criticism of austerity

‘Punitive, mean spirited and callous’ – the view of Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights,… more

UN Special Rapporteur for Extreme Poverty and Human Rights tours UK

Visit to the UK by Philip Alston, United Nations Special Rapporteur for Extreme Poverty and Human Rights First of all,… more

SRN seeks new working group members

Following the launch of the SRN Manifesto and review of the future of SRN with NSUN, we are now re-advertising… more

NSUN has further concerns about the Mental Health Act Review

Despite a meeting in July between NSUN representatives and the Review Chair and Vice Chairs, little has changed. We continue… more

New report on the progress of disability rights in the UK

This is a report on progress on disability rights in the UK, jointly produced with the Scottish Human Rights Commission, the… more

Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit – Open Letters

Open Letter to the Organisers, Partners and Delegates of the Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit, London and 10 October, 2018… more

Human Rights breaches in the Mental Capacity (amendment) Bill: an urgent appeal for support from People First

People First, an organisation led by people with learning difficulties, is appealing for support against changes which the government is… more

NSUN trustee recruitment 2018

Are you a Survivor? Could you help others survive? Are you are interested in being a Trustee with a unique… more

Challenge Sheffield and SODIT report launch

Challenge Sheffield and SODIT work with people with lived experience of mental health distress and used a recent grant from… more

NSUN’s views on ‘Mental Health in the Long Term Plan for the NHS’

NHS England has  stakeholders to contribute views on the challenges of transforming mental health services in the long term. On this page,… more

Call for submissions – poverty evidence

Introduction Between 6 and 18 November, Professor Philip Alston, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for extreme poverty and human rights,… more