Mental health is a frequently misunderstood area of disability, particularly in the workplace. Our film challenges attitudes to people with mental health conditions and prompts employers who may dismiss job candidates with a history of mental health conditions to think again.

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Stronger third sector involvement in delivering the Government's radical welfare to work reforms is called for today as a new 'third sector' taskforce is announced by James Purnell, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Stephen Bubb Chief Executive of the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations today.

A public information film designed to challenge employer assumptions about mental health is launched today.
The film - directed by Bharat Nalluri, director of TV dramas Hustle, Spooks and Life on Mars, and including a voiceover by actor Philip Glenister from Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes - will air across national television over the coming months.

High Court judges have ruled psychiatric patients should not be allowed to smoke at a high security mental hospital.

13 May 2008 – New research published today by the Department for Work and Pensions explores possible explanations for the relatively high levels of worklessness among tenants in social housing. A separate, forthcoming, report will present the detailed research findings.