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	<title>Comments on: The hallmark of a civilised society</title>
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		<title>By: Mental health problems cost Wales £7.2bn &#124; Left Foot Forward</title>
		<link>http://waleshome.org/2009/12/the-hallmark-of-a-civilised-society/comment-page-1/#comment-8080</link>
		<dc:creator>Mental health problems cost Wales £7.2bn &#124; Left Foot Forward</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] cancer. However, as Felicity Waters, formerly Health Correspondent for the Western Daily Mail has asserted, a civilised society is judged by how it treats its most vulnerable [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] cancer. However, as Felicity Waters, formerly Health Correspondent for the Western Daily Mail has asserted, a civilised society is judged by how it treats its most vulnerable [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Mental Health Law approved by Assembly &#171; The Blue Print</title>
		<link>http://waleshome.org/2009/12/the-hallmark-of-a-civilised-society/comment-page-1/#comment-3404</link>
		<dc:creator>Mental Health Law approved by Assembly &#171; The Blue Print</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] There is also an excellent article on the subject of mental health on the WalesHome site by Felicity Waters highlighting the challenge to all of us. http://waleshome.org/2009/12/the-hallmark-of-a-civilised-society/ [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] There is also an excellent article on the subject of mental health on the WalesHome site by Felicity Waters highlighting the challenge to all of us. <a href="http://waleshome.org/2009/12/the-hallmark-of-a-civilised-society/" rel="nofollow">http://waleshome.org/2009/12/the-hallmark-of-a-civilised-society/</a> [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Alexandra McMillan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alexandra McMillan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Working for a mental health charity, we hear all the time about how difficult it is for people to receive the support that they need, when they need it. 

We&#039;re keeping everything crossed that the LCO goes through its final stages without incident so that WAG can start legislating, and I&#039;ve got to say I&#039;ve been impressed with the proposals the Government are suggesting should be in a Measure (particularly around increasing resources and expertise in primary care; most people&#039;s first port of call is their GP and if we can make sure people get the help they need at that early stage, when they&#039;re first becoming unwell, that&#039;s going to lead to a wide range of benefits).

I would say, however, that the issue of stigma still doesn&#039;t seem to be being addressed in Wales. Scotland&#039;s excellent anti-stigma campaign, fully funded by the Scottish Government, has been going for a number of years now and seems to be producing genuine changes in attitudes. England now has its own version (funded by Comic Relief and the Big Lottery), with high-profile celebs fronting their media campaign, but there&#039;s no sign of anything happening here. 

In some ways, getting the services is (or should be) the easy bit. Stopping the discrimination against the one in four people who experience mental ill-health is going to take a lot more than an LCO.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Working for a mental health charity, we hear all the time about how difficult it is for people to receive the support that they need, when they need it. </p>
<p>We&#8217;re keeping everything crossed that the LCO goes through its final stages without incident so that WAG can start legislating, and I&#8217;ve got to say I&#8217;ve been impressed with the proposals the Government are suggesting should be in a Measure (particularly around increasing resources and expertise in primary care; most people&#8217;s first port of call is their GP and if we can make sure people get the help they need at that early stage, when they&#8217;re first becoming unwell, that&#8217;s going to lead to a wide range of benefits).</p>
<p>I would say, however, that the issue of stigma still doesn&#8217;t seem to be being addressed in Wales. Scotland&#8217;s excellent anti-stigma campaign, fully funded by the Scottish Government, has been going for a number of years now and seems to be producing genuine changes in attitudes. England now has its own version (funded by Comic Relief and the Big Lottery), with high-profile celebs fronting their media campaign, but there&#8217;s no sign of anything happening here. </p>
<p>In some ways, getting the services is (or should be) the easy bit. Stopping the discrimination against the one in four people who experience mental ill-health is going to take a lot more than an LCO.</p>
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