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Dr Con Kelly, Medical Director at the Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust explains how memory clinics have been helping people with dementia.

Occupational Therapist Fiona Reyes Johnson explains how a memory pub is helping people with dementia.

In week three of NHS England's #mentalhealth month, we look how mental health services can work in partnership and reduce stigma around mental health.

In week two of NHS England's #mentalhealth month, we look at one of the most pressing issues in healthcare: bridging the gap between physical and mental health.

Read our response to NHS Providers and the Healthcare Financial Management Association's survey into whether the promised funds for mental health services have reached the frontlines.

Section 136 (s.136) of the Mental Health Act 1983 says that if a police officer encounters a person who appears to be experiencing a mental health crisis, they have the power to remove that person to ‘a place of safety’. Learn more about what London is doing to outlaw the use of police cells and other inappropriate locations for people experiencing mental health crises.

In the first week of #mentalhealth month, NHS England is focusing on crisis care and emergency support for people experiencing mental health issues.

The focus of the first week of NHS England London's #mentalhealth month is crisis care. Here, read how those seeking urgent mental health support are finding it through a new Single Point of Access (SPA) service in the capital.    

Yesterday (28 April 2016) the vice chair of the Cavendish Square Group, Paul Jenkins, spoke to the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire Show in response to an Education Select Committee report on the mental well-being of children in care.