Suicide prevention profile updates

Data on suicide, associated prevalence, risk factors and service contact among groups at increased risk. Statistics delayed - read government update here

Stretched staff doing their best to provide great care but mental health services need more staff and modern facilities

Sean Duggan, chief executive of the Mental Health Network, responds to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s report on NHS mental health services. Read NHS Confederation news piece here

Mental health policy in England

House of Commons Library briefing on mental health policy in England. Around one in four people in the UK suffer from a mental health problem each year. The NHS has set out that it wants to achieve “parity of esteem” between mental and physical health, in terms of access to services, quality of care and allocation of resources.  Click here to read further.

Government response to "Ignoring the alarms follow-up: too many avoidable deaths from eating disorders"

In June 2019, the House of Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee published its report into avoidable deaths from eating disorders. It contained recommendations across six areas to improve eating disorder services and this report outlines the government's response to the recommendations.  Click here to read further.

Suicide prevention profile: September 2019 update

The Suicide prevention profile has been produced to help develop understanding at a local level and support an intelligence driven approach to suicide prevention.  Government publication, click here to access.

Towards mental health equality: a manifesto for the next Prime Minister

This manifesto focuses on five key asks of the new Prime Minister: take action to prevent mental illness; create a cross-government plan for mental health and establish a ‘mental health in all policies’ approach across government; reform the Mental Health Act; ensure everyone can access the right mental health support, in the right place, at the right time; and build a mental health workforce fit for the future.  Click here to read further.