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This Mental Health Awareness Week everyone is being encouraged to get out into nature and take time to reconnect with the world outside.

Our research shows that tens of thousands of people struggled to contact or see their doctor during the first year of the pandemic. Find out more in our new report.

Since COVID-19 struck, the work of the Healthwatch network to support and listen to local people became more crucial than ever. Find out more in Healthwatch England's 2019-20 annual report to Parliament about how we have helped make care better.

The government is planning to make changes to the Mental Health Act and is asking people to share their views on the changes, as part of an online consultation running until the end of April.

The census is a once-in-a-decade survey that gives us the most accurate estimate of all the people and households in England and Wales. It has been carried out every decade since 1801, with the exception of 1941.