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I& #39;m glad to hear that this year& #39;s #WorldMentalHealthDay 
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As a socialist, I fully support healthcare, as a state provided service.
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As a socialist, I fully support healthcare, as a state provided service.
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1 in 4 people will experience a mental health problem in their lifetime.
Mental health services have always been the ‘Cinderella service’ and the first place to receive cuts when savings are needed.
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Mental health services have always been the ‘Cinderella service’ and the first place to receive cuts when savings are needed.
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Evidence shows that early intervention, prevents young people developing, a serious mental illness.
So cutting funding and services is creating problems for people and the already over-stretched adult mental health services.
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So cutting funding and services is creating problems for people and the already over-stretched adult mental health services.
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Young people& #39;s mental health services have seen huge cuts to their budgets – by 2020 the Early Intervention Grant was projected to drop by a further £183M on top of the £500M cut since 2013!
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Without mental health, we have no health!
We need a society that is conducive to positive mental health.
Good housing, secure jobs with decent pay. All of this can lead to us having less stress, resulting in less impact to our mental health.
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We need a society that is conducive to positive mental health.
Good housing, secure jobs with decent pay. All of this can lead to us having less stress, resulting in less impact to our mental health.
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The time for warm words is over, action is required, the current public health crisis, has also become a mental health crisis too.
Mind, the Charity, found from a recent survey that 3 in 5 adults said their mental health, had got worse during the pandemic.
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Mind, the Charity, found from a recent survey that 3 in 5 adults said their mental health, had got worse during the pandemic.
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Mind also highlighted the additional impact to BAME communities, because of inequalities like housing, employment and financial precariousness.
Making it clear, some communities will be impacted far into the future, following this pandemic.
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Making it clear, some communities will be impacted far into the future, following this pandemic.
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@UKLabour must fight to keep mental health on the political agenda, and build on our 2019 manifesto commitments to invest in mental health services, as well as reviewing the Mental Health Act!
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As a NEC representative, I will fight for policies that give people power over their lives & communities, to redress the inequalities, we see in our society.
Putting people before profit!
#GV6 @CLGALabour @future_we_need
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Putting people before profit!
#GV6 @CLGALabour @future_we_need
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Here are some links to charities, doing some amazing work, that you may be useful
@MindCharity
Website: http://www.mind.org.uk"> http://www.mind.org.uk
@YoungMindsUK
Website: http://www.youngminds.org.uk"> http://www.youngminds.org.uk
#DoOneThing
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@MindCharity
Website: http://www.mind.org.uk"> http://www.mind.org.uk
@YoungMindsUK
Website: http://www.youngminds.org.uk"> http://www.youngminds.org.uk
#DoOneThing
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#GV6
