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NHS spent more than £100m on mental health patients forced to stay in hospital due lack of proper housing

In February 2026, patients waiting for supported housing accounted for 23% of all mental health delayed discharge days, according to a new report

The Independent UK

'I had no idea': The hidden mental health struggles many women face during menopause

Most women in the UK are unaware that menopause can affect mental health - a new survey finds only 28 percent knew it could trigger conditions like depression or anxiety.

Euronews

Doctor says ‘we must do better’ as poll shows most women don't know how menopause can impact mental health

A poll found that many more people associate menopause with hot flushes than with conditions like anxiety and depression, even though they are common

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Majority of women unaware menopause can trigger new mental illness

Peri-menopausal women have a 40 per cent higher risk of suffering depression than those experiencing no menopausal symptoms

The Independent UK

Mental health units discharging eating disorder patients with ‘dangerously low’ BMIs

FoI request reveals some people sent home despite BMIs below 15 – considered to be ‘severe malnutrition’

The Guardian - UK

Mumsnet calls for under-16s social media ban with cigarette-style health warnings

Resembling cigarette packet warnings, the ads highlight dangers and urge people to email MPs

The Guardian - UK

Support new mothers with mental ill health

Letter: Perinatal mental illness is eminently treatable, and women and their partners should not suffer in silence, says Dr Livia Martucci

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Royal College of Psychiatrists faces member backlash over Qatar partnership

More than 150 psychiatrists sign letter condemning contract to host exams in country with well-documented human rights abuses

The Guardian - UK

Psychiatrists call for urgent investment in mental health services in NI

Research by the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Northern Ireland has indicated 89% of psychiatrists have experienced or witnessed moral injury.

Evening Standard

Up to 85,000 women may have had postnatal depression last year, analysis finds

The Royal College of Psychiatrists warned the conditions can be ‘truly devastating’ if left untreated.

Evening Standard

Stretched services leaving psychiatrists ‘in emotional and ethical distress’

A survey of RCPsych members found almost three-quarters felt they had made decisions based on factors other than what is in a patient’s best interest.

The Independent UK

Handing NHS staff police powers to detain mental health patients would have dangerous consequences, health bodies warn

A group of health organisation said that changes to the Mental Health Bill would cause ‘significant harm with dangerous consequences’

The Independent UK

Plans for NHS staff to restrain those in mental health crisis ‘dangerous’, medics say

Royal College of Psychiatrists and British Medical Association among those saying risks mean police must always attend

The Guardian - UK

Passing police detention powers to NHS staff ‘could cause significant harm’

Proposed changes mean powers could be transferred to health professionals to detain and restrain people in a mental health crisis.

Evening Standard

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There is still time for amendments to be made to the assisted dying bill – but it deserves to pass

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Kim Leadbeater, the sponsor of this private member’s bill, should continue to try to meet the concerns expressed in good faith by its critics

Evening Standard

Doctors raise concerns over assisted dying Bill ahead of return to Parliament

The Bill, which relates to England and Wales, will come before MPs in the House of Commons on Friday for its report stage.

The Independent UK

Medics sound alarm over planned funding cuts to ‘vital’ eating disorder services

The Royal College of Psychiatrists raised particular concerns about early access to treatment.

The Independent UK

Kim Leadbeater’s appeal to critics not to use parliamentary process to kill her assisted dying bill

Exclusive: In an interview with The Independent, Kim Leadbeater said she shares ‘genuine concerns’ about ensuring safeguards are strong but says MPs must be able to give their final verdict at third reading

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Evening Standard

Too many people with eating disorders are being failed, say group of MPs

MPs said there has been an alarming rise in eating disorders in the past decade and there is ‘widespread neglect’ in services.

The Guardian - UK

Assisted dying bill amendment aims to close potential ‘anorexia loophole’

Exclusive: Concerns raised that wording of law could result in people with eating disorders using it to end their lives

The Guardian - UK

One in three consultant child psychiatrist posts in England are vacant, analysis shows

Child and adolescent mental health services have highest vacancy rates of any psychiatric specialism

The Guardian - UK

Scottish NHS boards pay up to £837 an hour for locums amid psychiatry crisis

Quarter of posts in adult psychiatry vacant, forcing hospitals to rely on expensive private cover

The Guardian - UK

‘No care left in the system’: patients on use of locum psychiatrists in Scotland

Patients angry at getting contradictory advice, inconsistent care and facing indifference from locums, survey finds

The Guardian - UK

To reduce suicide rates, we need to reach people

Letters: Dr Jeya Balakrishna of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and Dr Chris Allen of Maidenhead Men in Sheds on the news that suicide rates in England and Wales are at a 25-year high

The Guardian - UK

Record number of NHS mental health patients kept in hospitals longer than necessary

Lack of care and support leaves patients stranded on units when they are clinically ready to be discharged

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