Francesca Smith
Research Officer
Policy notes and publications
- Reforming the Mental Health Act October 23, 2024 - Time to tackle the links between financial difficulty and acute mental illness.
- In the public interest? September 9, 2024 - The psychological toll of local and national government debt collection practices.
- No place like home January 25, 2024 - Supporting people with mental health problems in mortgage difficulty.
- Through the lens: Ethnicity, money and mental health April 19, 2023 - Exploring how our ethnicity can interact with our money and mental health.
- Money and Mental Health’s submission to the Department for Health and Social Care’s ‘Change NHS: help build a health service fit for the future’’ consultation December 2, 2024 - Money and Mental Health outline why financial wellbeing must be at the core of the government's 10-year plan for a health service fit for the future, and detail steps the government can take to ensure that a reformed NHS works to break the toxic cycle between money and mental health problems.
- Money and Mental Health’s submission to the Financial Conduct Authority’s consultation on Strengthening Protections for Borrowers in Financial Difficulty: Consumer Credit and Mortgages July 28, 2023 - Money and Mental Health's views on the FCA's proposal for strengthening protections for borrowers in financial difficulty, highlighting what's welcome and where more can be done.
- Money and Mental Health’s response to the Public Accounts Committee’s call for evidence on Progress Improving Mental Health Services April 3, 2023 - Money and Mental Health’s response to the Public Accounts Committee’s call for evidence on Progress […]
Recent blogs
- What’s going wrong with public sector debt collection? The findings of our new research September 10, 2024
- Why getting older doesn’t always mean escaping the burden of mortgage debt when you have a mental health problem August 8, 2024
- Public sector debt collection and psychological harm: our upcoming research July 15, 2024
- No place like home: our new research on mortgages and mental health January 25, 2024
- Mental health and the mortgage crisis June 30, 2023