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Thousands of mental health patients in England are being treated in buildings that are dangerous and unfit for purpose, Britains most senior psychiatrist has warned.Dr Adrian James, the president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, urged the government to fund six new mental health hospitals as part of its promise to build 48 new hospital stanley mugs s by 2030.Crumbling NHS buildings, leaky roofs and faulty equipment are putting the most seriously mentally ill people in the country at risk of harm and hindering their chances of recovery, James said.The government has pledged billions in funding to build 48 hospitals by 2030. Of the first 40 hospital projects announced, only two were for mental health, according to the college. The final eight projects have not yet been named but James said at least six of these should be for mental health patients, in order to address the imbalance of the programme . Thousands of people with a mental illness in England are being treated in mental health hospitals that are dangerously old and not fit for purpose, James said. Up and down the country psychiatrists are having to assess and treat patients in buildings that are falling apart and crumbling away. People with a mental illness will be let down unless we have buildings that are fit for purpose. The government can no longer afford to pay lip-s stanley taza ervice to parity of esteem and treat mental health as an after stanley cups uk -thought. We need a firm commitment from government that at least six of the new hospitals Niej Juries and the internet: Justice on line
A couple who have been living together for the past six ye stanley cup ars will this week demand the right to a civil partnership, arguing that they face discrimination under the present law, which gives gay couples the option of marriage or a civil partnership but denies the latter to heterosexual couples.Earlier this year the high court ruled against a legal challenge to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 by Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan. On Wednesday their appeal against that ruling will be heard in the high court, with judgment expected to be reserved. The couple say they are prepared to take their case to the supreme court and the European Court of Human Rights if necessary. A civil partnership would reflect who we stanley usa are, Keidan told the Observer. Its a modern social contract that doesnt have the ass stanley flasks ociations of marriage but would give the protection that we and other cohabiting couples crave. The act states that civil partnerships that provide legal rights and obligations to couples regarding children, property and pensions would be available to two people of the same sex . It was passed in 2004 in response to demands from gay rights campaigners for legal recognition for unions between same-sex couples. Then in 2013 same-sex marriage was legalised, giving gay couples the option of marriage or a civil partnership. The latter continues to be denied to heterosexual couples.There are almost three million opposite sex couples living together in the UK, and almost four in 10 have depe