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On PPlog in January of this year I reported a Parliamentary debate about Independent Mental Health Advocacy. Mr. Charles Walker (Broxbourne) (Con) said: The Act also incorporated safeguards in the form of independent mental health advocacy that would ensure that people who were being detained against their will or faced being detained against their will for mental health problems could receive the support of an independent advocate. That is crucial. “Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham) (Con) said: My hon. Friend is absolutely right. My concern is that the Mental Health Act 2007, which represents a reform of mental health legislation for the first time in about 25 years, contains a lot of innovative, controversial and technical legislation. To have advocates in place by April, late though that is, is demanding. To have well trained and well qualified advocates in place capable of offering the service to many vulnerable people in complicated conditions is a great challenge. The Min

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Just as I have been saying on ppeyes that mental health service users in the main are not using the Disability Discrimination Acts’ Disability Equality Duty requirements, MIND’s legal section have launched this appeal: 1. Time to Challenge Time to Challenge  is part of Time to Change, England's most ambitious programme to end discrimination faced by people who experience mental health problems. Further information is available on the  Time to Change website . Time to Challenge aims to challenge discrimination against people who experience mental health problems, by taking cases through the courts. 

Time to Challenge is now looking for people with experience of mental health problems who come within the definition of disability for the purposes of the DDA 1995. 

These people must have a mental impairment that affects their ability to carry out normal day to day activities and this must be substantial, adverse and long term, i.e. it must have lasted or be likely to last at least 1

These are extracts from a recent report by a government inspectorate. The report is about an ADULT mental health service: Key strengths Good achievement of employability qualifications and skills Good external and on-the-job training Good management of training to help participants make progress ...qualifications and skills are good. This strength is recognised by New Thresholds in the self-assessment report. All the participants currently on programme have achieved at least one accredited qualification. These include a teaching qualification at level 3, vocational qualifications at levels 1, 2 and 3, information technology qualifications and recognised awards in health and safety, first aid and other skills. Participants are proud of their work and achieve high standards in carpentry, joinery, horticulture, training, retail, office practice and customer service. Their standard of written work is also good. Many participants have been unemployed for years and have made considerable per