NSUN’s July 2026 articles & blogs roundup

July 2026 articles & blogs roundup

Here are all the articles, blogs, vlogs, and podcasts (and more) that we’ve shared in our weekly bulletins this month. The main focus of this section in our bulletin is to share new, first person pieces written or made by people within and beyond our membership who have lived experience of mental ill-health, trauma, or distress, as well as relevant articles about news and policy in mental health from sources such as Disability News Service.

We’ll be posting this roundup at the end of each month as a way to further bring together, amplify and also archive current, lived experience-focussed voices and perspectives in mental health.

Recap: Climate justice as a mental health issue (May 2026 Mad Campaigns Lab)
Blog by and via NSUN. 

The National Disability Movement Archive & Collection
Archive by and via NDMAC.

NSUN joins coalition demanding end of spy tech in NHS wards
Statement by and via NSUN.

Lived experience without change is just storytelling
Anonymous blog via NSUN.

Too difficult to get help?
Article by Penelope Peach via Asylum Magazine.

Not in our name: NSUN responds to the Timms review’s interim report
Statement by and via NSUN.

When non-engagement becomes exclusion: body dysmorphic disorder and barriers to mental health care
Blog by Danielle Conway via NSUN.

‘Absolutely rubbish’: Investigation reveals Palantir’s ‘slow and clunky’ tech
Article by and via Good Law Project.

PIP review: Disabled people’s organisations raise concerns over ‘less than honest’ and ‘diluted’ report
Article by John Pring via Disability News Service.

‘Evidence lacking’ for mental health monitoring tech
Article by Nikki Fox and Louise Parry via BBC News.

DWP fails to correct dodgy figures on thousands of ESA claimants who dropped out in move to universal credit
Article by John Pring via Disability News Service.

How health technology is replacing care with surveillance
Article by Blue Maignien via GFSC Community.