Campaigning for better mental health policy
Our Policy and Campaigns team leads the College's work to improve mental health care in England through work with partner organisations – including the Mental Health Policy Group – and government.
For information about policy and campaigns work with government and partner organisations in our Devolved Nations, see our pages on Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Below are some of the areas we're working on in England:
- Integrated care
- Mental Health Act reform
- The College Engagement Network
- Campaigning for the mental health workforce of the future
- Cross-government mental health and wellbeing plan
- Children and young people's mental health care
- RCPsych in Parliament
- Five Year Forward View
- Long Term Plan for the NHS
- Next steps for funding mental health care in England
- Join our research panel
- Service capacity in England
- Mental Health Watch
- Social Inclusion
- The Mental Health Policy Group (MHPG)
- Other policy areas
Our manifesto for the next UK general election
We are calling on all political parties to prioritise mental health in their manifestos – in particular, by committing to take actions to help prevent mental illness.
Read our manifesto