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Paul Burstow MP writes… Government should make New Year’s resolution to tackle mental health employment scandal

Mental health has rightly gone up the political agenda since the coalition came to power. Long neglected, mental health problems cost the UK in excess of £105 billion annually and affect one in four of the population.

Earlier this month saw publication of the most comprehensive picture of progress on mental health. The government’s Mental Health Dashboard brings together in one place mental health data from a wide range of sources for the first time. Its aim is to monitor the progress achieved in implementing the No Health Without Mental Health strategy.

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    @Jeff thank you, the detail on the 2013 rule is useful and I had not seen it. My concern is that there is a set of mechanisms available to people with substant...
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    You make important points. Watching both the USA and UK in our current periods of history, it is clear that the USA has some very basic flaws partly as a res...
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    Pawel Urbanski 13th Aug '26 - 10:34am: Hold an appreciating asset, never sell it, borrow against it to live on, pass it down with the gain wiped clea...
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    @Richard Whelan Totally agree Richard .We need to refresh the party starting at the top . Too many people resting on their laurels since 2024 . time to move on...