Three months of consultation have just begun on an ambitious plan to improve local access to mental health services for young people in South Wales…

A two-day debate on the Mental Health Bill in the House of Commons has led to the Government making an important compromise in the proposed legislation to ensure that any compulsory treatment must have a clear “therapeutic benefit” to the patient…

Assembly Government Measure for Mental Health on the Cards?
Negotiations to form a coalition Assembly Government could result in new mental health legislation for Wales.

Detailed negotiations on a possible deal between the parties began late this week. Part of that deal could be to introduce legislation on mental health that will create the equivalent of a Mental Health Act for Wales…

Below: Mental Health Act or Mental Health Measure?

The UK Government today proposed new amendments to the Mental Health Bill before it reaches Report Stage next week (18th-19th June) – the final debate in the House of Commons before the Bill goes to ‘ping-pong’ between the two Houses.

Six Labour MPs have tabled an important amendment to the UK Government’s Mental Health Amending Bill that could make significant progress towards preventing patients from receiving treatment where it has no therapeutic benefit…

Wales needs to develop its own distinct approach to prison services, including a more therapeutic, community-based model for prisoners experiencing mental ill health, according to a group of MPs…