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07 Jan 2019

NHS Long Term Plan distracts from mental health services

The NHS Long Term Plan, also known as the NHS 10-Year Plan is a document published today by NHS England, which sets out its priorities for healthcare over the next 10 years and shows how the NHS funding settlement will be used.

Responding to the NHS long-term plan, published today, Marjorie …

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20 Dec 2018

Trailblazers not enough to repair a broken system

The launch of 25 trailblazer sites where a new NHS mental health workforce dedicated to supporting children in schools and colleges will be created has been announced today.

Responding to the announcement, Marjorie Wallace, Chief Executive of SANE, says: “The number of children and young people with mental health problems is …

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18 Dec 2018

Christmas campaign shows “It’s The Most Difficult Time of Year”

Christmas is supposed to be a time of cheer, but we all know that the reality can look a little different. SANE has launched it’s very own Christmas campaign. Using Christmas wrapping paper, it is to remind people that Christmas is not “the happiest time of the year” for everyone.

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10 Dec 2018

Men’s Voices United sing for SANE

From singing in their bathrooms to performing in a choir. Welwyn Garden’s City’s charity pop-up male choir, Men’s Voices United has already made a great impact. The choir group formed only six months ago, and has already raised nearly £8,000 for three mental health charities, including £1,235 for SANE.

Long-lost …

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06 Dec 2018

Psychiatric services are “a broken system”

The government has announced new legislation to reform mental health care. It will introduce a new Mental Health Bill to transform mental health care, following publication of the final report from the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983.

Responding to the independent review of the Mental Health Act …

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22 Nov 2018

NHS figures show worrying increase in mental illness in children

One in eight (12.8%) children and young people aged between five and 19 has a mental disorder, the first major study on child mental ill-health in England in 13 years has found.

Since 2004, the last time this type of representative survey was carried out, the prevalence of mental disorders …

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20 Nov 2018

Flying oversees to run the New York Marathon for SANE

Michael Beer took his running shoes oversees and ran the New York Marathon, raising over £800 for SANE. On 4 November, Michael completed the largest marathon in the world in 5 hours and 2 minutes, despite battling the flu in the week leading up to the race.

Opening up the …

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08 Nov 2018

Jordan faces his biggest fear and does 13,000ft skydive for SANE

Jordan and his two friends, Jack and Adam, braved a skydive for mental health awareness on Thursday 4 October. He did not take his fundraising lightly and raised an astounding £1,632 for SANE.

Facing his biggest fear with a skydive

It is admirable that Jordan is terrified of heights, yet …

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25 Jul 2018

Making music to the sounds of schizophrenia

An inspiring bassist and pianist who refuses to let the daily struggle of his schizophrenia stop him from making music is releasing his third album.

Rob Bayley, from Northampton, regards his latest album, Belief, as one of his greatest achievements, representing just how far he has come since being taken …

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30 Apr 2018

5 Ways to Feel Good in the Garden

The act of gardening helps us to keep fit and connect with others, to enjoy and be part of nature and to revel in colour, aroma, wildlife and beauty. According to the RHS, there are very few, if any, other activities that can achieve all the things that horticulture and gardening …

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