Selected past press releases
- Winning Christmas recipes The winning entries from our Christmas recipe competition are announced.
- New research findings People with severe learning disabilities are becoming more independent, research shows.
- New Mental Health Bill Mental health service users, families and staff express their concerns about Mental Health Bill in Westminster.
- ‘Tis the season United Response launches first Christmas Appeal in York.
- Mental Health Bill still not fit for the twenty-first century, says Alliance.
- United Response responds to the Queen’s Speech Better provision must be driving force behind mental health reform.
- Local groups host annual mental health week celebration Local mental health groups across West Sussex came together yesterday to celebrate World Mental Health Day (10th October)launching a week of exciting and informative events across the region.
- Postcodes must not play a part in mental health provision We respond to the publication of the Health Care Commission’s review of 174 mental health teams in England.
- Learning disability audit We respond to the joint report produced by the Healthcare Commission and Commission for Social Care Inspection.
- National disability charity opens second café in York A Break in the Park opens, giving training and work experience opportunities for people with learning disabilities in the York area.
- Welfare reform Bill Welfare reform must be coupled with a change in attitudes and more resources.
- Three Sector Summit Chief Executive of United Response, Su Sayer OBE took part in a roundtable debate on the role of the voluntary sector in public service delivery, at the national Three Sector Summit.
- Everyone must have opportunity to try new therapies We welcome the publication of Lord Layard’s Depression Report into the benefits of using psychological therapies to treat depression and other mental health needs.
- Disabled people must have the right to choose where they live We lend our support to Lord Ashley’s new Independent Living Bill, published today.
- Government amends existing Mental Health Act The Mental Health Alliance says the updated Mental Health Act Must Be Fit For Twenty-First Century.
- White Paper brings social care in to 21st century We welcome the publication of the government’s white paper ‘Our health, our care, our say: a new direction in community services’, as a way of bringing social care in to 21st century.
- Better support needed for disabled people and employers We call for better support for disabled people and employers in its response to the government’s green paper on welfare reform.
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