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Reforming the Mental Health Act: The King’s Fund’s response

Data, funding and workforce – if the government wants its proposed reforms to the MHA to create change these system-wide enablers are as important as individual changes to legislation. Helen Gilburt consider the issues.

By Helen Gilburt - 24 March 2021

Covid-19 one year on: how can the health and care system recover?

As we reach the one-year anniversary of the start of lockdown in the United Kingdom, Richard Murray outlines how a whole-system response will best support staff and patients and help to tackle inequalities.

By Richard Murray - 23 March 2021 4-minute read

What enabled rapid digital change in primary care during the Covid-19 pandemic?

Primary care adopted digital technology at pace during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Beccy Baird reflects on research looking at why and how this was possible – and how positive changes can be sustained.

By Beccy Baird - 10 February 2021 3-minute read

A tale of two Acts: the Mental Health Act, the Mental Capacity Act, and their interface

Helen Gilburt shares her research into how mental health and social care professionals make decisions around whether to detain people with mental disorders under the Mental Health Act or the Mental Capacity Act – Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. Her research uncovered a range of understandings and misunderstandings which impact on practice.

By Helen Gilburt - 9 February 2021 4-minute read

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2020: the health policy year in 12 charts

The wheels of health policy turn quickly. So, as 2021 begins Siva Anandaciva looks back at the key health policy moments of 2020 to consider the challenges and opportunities that the year brought.

By Siva Anandaciva - 1 January 2021 26-minute read

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