Pushing people to the brink of suicide: the reality of benefit assessments

Department for Work and Pensions assessments are damaging people’s lives. And they don’t even provide the predicted savings

Pushing people to the brink of suicide: the reality of benefit assessments

Department for Work and Pensions assessments are damaging people’s lives. And they don’t even provide the predicted savings

Mental health patients wait four years for counselling despite rules saying they must be helped in weeks

Probe finds NHS waiting list for help with conditions such as PTSD is up to 11 times longer than recommended

Mental health patients wait four years for counselling despite rules saying they must be helped in weeks

Getty A man talking with therapist in therapyPeople seeking counselling for conditions such as depression are facing unacceptably long waits   Patients wait up to four years for NHS counselling on mental health issues – despite rules saying they should be seen in weeks. A Sunday Mirror probe found the current waiting list for “talking […]

Bishop rejects David Cameron’s mental health welfare reforms

Dr Alan Smith, the bishop of St Albans, says proposed cuts will hit those the prime minister wants to help

Bishop rejects David Cameron’s mental health welfare reforms

Daniel Boffey Observer policy editor Saturday 20 February 2016 The Bishop of St Albans Dr Alan Smith has questioned the prime minister’s stance on welfare reforms affecting those with mental health issues. Photograph: Alamy   David Cameron’s claim to be backing a revolution in the treatment of the mentally ill has come under attack from […]

‘People are dying!’ Oldham MP’

‘People are dying!’ Oldham MP’

Oldham MP Debbie Abrahams has sensationally accused the Government of contributing to the deaths of vulnerable people due to sanctioning benefit claims in order to improve figures.

The Oldham East and Saddleworth constituent publicly lambasted the secretary of state for work and pensions, Iain Duncan Smith, at a Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) Select Committee yesterday.