• Treatment not mistreatment is Together's guide to the Mental Health Bill - click the link at the bottom of the page to download a copy in pdf format, or contact Together to request copies.

Policy Briefings

• Draft Mental Health Bill - general briefing
• Draft Mental Health Bill - general briefing (pdf version)
• Aftercare in the Draft Mental Health Bill 

Joint Committee on the Draft Mental Health Bill

• An all-party parliamentary committee of MPs and peers has been set up to look at the Draft Bill. Click here to find out more about it.

Evidence

• Together submitted evidence to the Joint Committee on the Draft Mental Health Bill - this focuses in particular on aftercare, advocacy and mental health in the criminal justice system. Click here for a summary and here for the full submission (pdf file).

Together in the Media

• A Bill that will make the situation worse, article by Tom Hamilton published in the Church Times in October.
• An assault on the rights of the mentally ill, speech by Peter Beresford at Together's annual conference, published in the Independent.

Mental Health Alliance

• Together is a core member of the Mental Health Alliance, a coalition of charities, professional organisations, service-user groups and trade unions formed to offer a united voice on mental health law reform.

Scrutiny Watch

• Visit Scrutiny Watch to keep track of the key issues which have come up during the Draft Bill's parliamentary scrutiny process. This weblog contains information about the meetings that have taken place so far, transcripts and explanations of important pieces of evidence, and links to the written and oral submissions of the organisations and individuals who have appeared before the Joint Committee.