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SANE is a leading UK mental health charity. We work to improve the quality of life for anyone affected by mental illness.

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Trailblazers not enough to repair a broken system

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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Psychiatric services are “a broken system”

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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NHS figures show worrying increase in mental illness in children

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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