An interview with mindfulness expert Jon Kabat-Zinn, by Research Assistant and Project Co-ordinator Alice Tickell

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has decided to run a second consultation on its depression in adults guideline.  The consultation opened on 15th May 2018 and comments will be accepted until 5pm on Tuesday 12th June 2018.

For the first time since 2004, when MBCT was first recommended by the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, there is an England-wide training programme for MBCT teachers.  This represents the realisation of a significant part of the 2015 Mindful Nation UK recommendations around health and is something we hope will be continued and scaled up in coming years. 

We are inviting applications to our 2018 Summer School Bursary Scheme and to our 2018 MBCT Accessibility Fund.

New paper provides a framework to define the essential characteristics of the family of mindfulness-based programs (MBPs) originating from the parent program MBSR, and the processes which inform adaptations of MBPs for different populations or contexts.

The Mindful Nation UK All-Party Parliamentary Group report launched on 20 October 2015. Journalist and Author Ed Halliwell reflects on this landmark day for the mindfulness field, offering an insight into the launch event in Westminster.