A landmark employment appeal decision has been hailed by Carers UK, the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) and the Equal Opportunities Commission as having the potential to provide new protection for millions of Britain’s unpaid carers…

Following an unopposed second reading in the House of Lords, the Mental Health Amending Bill has now moved to committee stage…

In October an inquest into the death of 26-year-old Sylvan Money at Bronllys Hospital in January 2004 found that that there had been “catastrophic failings of systems and individuals”. We talk to Carol Horn, Sylvan’s mother, to get an in-depth response to the inquest findings…

Health and Social Services Minister Dr Brian Gibbons has today announced a £30 million programme to improve mental health facilities in the Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust area, covering Neath-Port Talbot, Bridgend and the western Vale of Glamorgan. The money will go towards a number of services including new day care centres and care facilities which should be open by summer 2009…