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‘Discriminatory’ Mental Health System Overhauled

Plans have been announced to overhaul the mental health system – with the aim of making it less discriminatory towards black people.

Ministers say changes to how people are sectioned in England and Wales will see them treated “as individuals, with rights, preferences, and expertise”.

Black people are over four times more likely to be detained under the Mental Health Act, relative to population.

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