Mental Health (Discrimination) Bill to be debated in Parliament this Friday (14th Sept) – Urge your MP to attend #backthebill
Seems apt to post this on Suicide Prevention day and note that the Department of Health have published a New Suicide Prevention Strategy.
But the main purpose of this post is to draw your attention to the fact that on 14th September 2012, the Mental Health (Discrimination) Bill will be debated in the House of Commons.
Rethink and Mind both have articles relating to this today and they have produced the following video along with The Royal College of Psychiatrists:
The most important thing to do is urge your MP to attend the debate and if you use Twitter, Mind suggest the following text which I just Tweeted to my MP:
@mark_j_harper Back the Mental Health Discrimination Bill14 Sept. Help stop discrimination for people with mh problems #backthebill
— eChurch Blog (@eChurchBlog) September 10, 2012
You can find out if your MP is on Twitter by visiting Tweetminster.
Tags: Mental Health
September 10th, 2012 at 3:32 pm
Patronising gobbledygook, in the real world in dealing with the DWP for example I would advise anyone with mental health problems not disclose their condition due to the ‘fit for work’ rule being used to sanction their JSA.