Black History Month

College members from the Association of Black Psychiatrists went to the Notting Hill Carnival to help challenge perceptions that mental health services are distant, inaccessible or disconnected from the diverse communities they serve.

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RCPsych leads worldwide call to global financiers

The College is a leading member of a coalition of 150 organisations which have signed the Prague Agreement, calling on financial institutions to help the fight against mental illness.

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Member survey on the UK Supreme Court deprivation of liberty judgment

The anonymous survey, open until 4 October, explores your awareness of the judgment and its initial clinical impact.

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RCPsych statement on GMC reform
RCPsych statement on GMC reform

The Royal College of Psychiatrists has responded to a Government consultation on its draft General Medical Council Order 2026.

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05Oct by RCPsych Press Office
New HSSIB report highlights urgent need to improve crisis care for people with mental illness, says RCPsych
New HSSIB report highlights urgent need to improve crisis care for people with mental illness, says RCPsych

The College has responded to the publication of The Health Services Safety Investigation Body's report 'Mental health crisis care: care of patients in emergency departments'.

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18Sep by RCPsych Press Office
Over 150 organisations call on global financiers to help address $5 trillion cost of mental illness
Over 150 organisations call on global financiers to help address $5 trillion cost of mental illness

A coalition of more than 150 global psychiatric associations and mental health charities is urging international financial institutions to improve mental healthcare across the world by placing conditions on the funding they lend countries.

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15Sep by RCPsych Press Office

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