Mental health legislation needs urgent reforms, says The Law Society

On World Mental Health Day, the Law Society of England and Wales is calling for urgent reforms to the Mental Health Act. Law Society President Lubna Shuja said: “As we celebrate World Mental Health Day, we must recognise the urgent need to reform the Mental Health Act. The current legislation is outdated. It does not […]
New Kinship report highlights risk of kinship children entering the care system
Kinship’s latest report published on 2nd October 2023 finds the nation’s kinship carers at financial breaking point. 12% of those surveyed reporting that they might be forced to stop caring for their kinship child within the next year. Breaking point: kinship carers in crisis is the first report in Kinship’s 2023 annual survey series. The […]