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      <title><![CDATA[David Blunkett MP shows his support for young people’s mental health at Right Here Sheffield]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[David Blunkett, MP for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, today joined young people at the Right Here Project in Sheffield to discuss the need for early intervention support to protect young people’s mental health.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:45:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Baby boomers are retiring, but not fading away]]></title>
      <link>http://mentalhealth.org.uk/our-news/news-archive/2013-news-archive/130515-agewell/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Mental Health Foundation is launching today “Getting on...with life”, a report reviewing how baby boomers’ experiences have affected their views and expectations of growing old.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[People would rather do housework and even go to a Justin Bieber concert than do physical activity]]></title>
      <link>http://mentalhealth.org.uk/our-news/news-archive/2013-news-archive/130513-mental-health-awareness-week/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[New report from the Mental Health Foundation highlights how physical activity is beneficial for people’s mental health and wellbeing.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 16:14:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA["Lights! Camera! ACTION!" campaign launches today at the National Assembly]]></title>
      <link>http://mentalhealth.org.uk/our-news/news-archive/2013-news-archive/201939/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Lights! Camera! ACTION!, a groundbreaking 2013 campaign led by mental health service users and carers in Wales, is officially launching at the National Assembly in Cardiff today.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 14:34:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Response to the evaluation of the Time to Change programme in England 2008-2011]]></title>
      <link>http://mentalhealth.org.uk/our-news/news-archive/2013-news-archive/199215/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Simon Lawton-Smith, Head of Policy at the Mental Health Foundation, responds to the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP), King’s College London’s Evaluation of the Time to Change programme in England 2008-2011.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:46:06 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Response to the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Whole-person care: from rhetoric to reality report]]></title>
      <link>http://mentalhealth.org.uk/our-news/news-archive/2013-news-archive/198766/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dr Andrew McCulloch, Chief Executive at the Mental Health Foundation, responds to the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Whole-person care: from rhetoric to reality report.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:12:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mental health in schools competition with chance to win £5,000 launches]]></title>
      <link>http://mentalhealth.org.uk/our-news/news-archive/2013-news-archive/198579/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Children & Young People’s Mental Health Coalition's Resilience and Results competition is now open for entries]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:51:42 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Response to The Lancet special issue on Iraq]]></title>
      <link>http://mentalhealth.org.uk/our-news/news-archive/2013-news-archive/198299/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Simon Lawton-Smith, Head of Policy at the Mental Health Foundation, responds to new research The Lancet special issue on Iraq.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:59:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Response to The Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes Strategy]]></title>
      <link>http://mentalhealth.org.uk/our-news/news-archive/2013-news-archive/197440/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dr Andrew McCulloch, Chief Executive at the Mental Health Foundation, responds to The Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes Strategy.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:36:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[We must do more than just treat the clinical symptoms of mental illness]]></title>
      <link>http://mentalhealth.org.uk/our-news/news-archive/2013-news-archive/130219-NHS/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Mental Health Foundation responds to NHS information Centre research suggesting that mortality rate are three times as high among mental health service users than in general population.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:29:26 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Prisons ill-equipped to manage the growing challenge of older inmates with dementia]]></title>
      <link>http://mentalhealth.org.uk/our-news/news-archive/2013-news-archive/130218-losingtrack/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Policy makers and others working in the field of criminal justice including prison staff will be able to find out more about managing male offenders with dementia thanks to the new report Losing Track of Time.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:03:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Service users want better quality help from recovery services]]></title>
      <link>http://mentalhealth.org.uk/our-news/news-archive/2013-news-archive/130211-CPA/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Service users want better quality help from recovery services provided under the 2008 Care Programme Approach according to new research.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:36:49 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Digital products being developed to support young people’s mental health]]></title>
      <link>http://mentalhealth.org.uk/our-news/news-archive/2013-news-archive/195634/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Today the Innovation Labs project is announcing the winners of grants to build digital products to support young people's mental health]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:23:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New starter Dr Sarah Edmunds]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[We’re delighted to announce that Dr Sarah Edmunds has joined our Research team as Research and Development Manager.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:51:52 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Our response to the third annual report by the CQC on its monitoring of the Mental Health Act]]></title>
      <link>http://mentalhealth.org.uk/our-news/news-archive/2013-news-archive/130130-CQC/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dr Andrew McCulloch, Chief Executive at the Mental Health Foundation responds to the third annual report by the CQC on its monitoring of the Mental Health Act.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:07:05 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Call for Evidence as part of our major inquiry into the Future of Mental Health Services in the UK.]]></title>
      <link>http://mentalhealth.org.uk/our-news/news-archive/2013-news-archive/194998/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Today we have issued a Call for Evidence as part of our major inquiry into the Future of Mental Health Services in the UK.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:50:57 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Voice and a Choice: Right Here Showcase Event]]></title>
      <link>http://mentalhealth.org.uk/our-news/news-archive/2013-news-archive/130122-RH-Showcase/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Right Here, our joint initiative in partnership with Paul Hamlyn Foundation, is running a Showcase event to support the mental health of 16 – 25 year olds.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:05:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[‘Blue Monday’ is supposed to be the most depressing day of the year]]></title>
      <link>http://mentalhealth.org.uk/our-news/news-archive/2013-news-archive/194666/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Some people claim that today, the so-called ‘Blue Monday', is the most depressing day of the year.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nearly half of adults feel stressed every day or every few days]]></title>
      <link>http://mentalhealth.org.uk/our-news/news-archive/2013-news-archive/130108-stress/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Mental Health Foundation calls for more help in managing stress as 59% of British adults say their life is more stressful than it was five years ago.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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