Tom Pollard has worked on mental health social policy in Parliament on behalf of MIND for the last ten years. Now, he is training as a mental health social worker.
'I’ve seen how policy is developed at the highest levels of government, but also how it plays out in the day-to-day lives of people at the margins of our society. Decisions made in the abstract at the top have painfully real consequences at the bottom.'
'I’ve seen how policy is developed at the highest levels of government, but also how it plays out in the day-to-day lives of people at the margins of our society. Decisions made in the abstract at the top have painfully real consequences at the bottom.'
As a social worker, I know just how much this plan misses the mark.
Rebuilding the system won't cut it, says mental health policy advisor Tom Pollard