Welfare policies 'must include mental health reforms'
03 December 2008
 The government is expected to announce a range of welfare reforms in the Queen's Speech and has been called upon to include renewed support for people suffering from mental health problems. Leading organisations and professional health bodies have called on the government to introduce schemes to ensure people with mental health issues are encouraged to find work or helped to keep their existing jobs.A joint statement released by Professor Dinesh Bhugra, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Paul Farmer, chief executive of Mind, Angela Greatley, chief executive of Sainsbury Centre, and Paul Jenkins, chief executive of Rethink said: "People with mental health problems will be one of the largest groups affected by the welfare reform agenda.""International research shows that people with mental health problems want to work," the alliance added.Meanwhile, the Trades Union Congress has called the proposed government welfare reforms "utopian", according to the Guardian. © 2008 Adfero Ltd. All rights reserved. Any views and opinions expressed in news articles are not those of Craegmoor Limited and its associated companies. News supplied by Adfero DirectNews.
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