There are large inequalities in use of the Mental Health Act Use of the Mental Health Act (MHA) also reflects pathways of access to care among some groups. In 2022/23, detention rates for people who identify as ‘Black or Black British’ were three and a half times the rate for people who identify as ‘white’. ‘Black or Black British ...
This unequal distribution of risk to our mental health is what we call mental health inequalities. This report describes the extent of inequalities that contribute to poor mental health in the UK today. It explains how certain circumstances interact with our individual risk and discusses communities that are facing vulnerabilities. It makes a ...
It is NHS England’s first anti-racism framework for mental health trusts and mental health service providers and will be a mandatory requirement from March 2025. PCREF sets out to ensure that trusts and providers co-produce and implement concrete actions to reduce racial inequalities in their services.
Reducing inequalities is a defining feature of the NHS Long Term Plan, which acknowledges “…while we cannot treat our way out of inequalities, the NHS can ensure that action to drive down health inequalities is central to everything we do.” The NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan 2019/20–2023/24 gives the detail underpinning the NHS Long Term Plan ambitions for mental health and sets ...
Population groups experience differential access to timely and high-quality mental healthcare. Despite efforts of recent UK policies to improve the accessibility of mental health services, there remains a lack of comprehensive understanding of inequalities in access to services needed to do this. This systematic mapping review aimed to address this gap by identifying which population groups ...
1.2 How do socioeconomic inequalities lead to mental health problems? I t is now widely accepted that inequalities in health, including mental health, arise because of inequalities in society – in the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age.8,10 For example, there is evidence that socioeconomic
the level of health inequality in physical health conditions of SMI patients is often highest for ages 15 to 34 and therefore the new ambition for 60% of people on the SMI QOF register to receive ...
As well as the costs to the social, physical and mental health of our communities, it was estimated that inequalities in emergency infectious disease hospital admissions cost the NHS between £970 ...
Determinants of mental health interact with inequalities in society, putting some people at a far higher risk of poor mental health than others. Commission for Equality ... This is most dramatically evident for people from Black communities in the UK, and is evident on a number of other dimensions that often intersect with each other ...
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Therefore, tackling mental health inequalities may rest on making social, economic and environmental changes to prevent or treat depression. 5. Conclusions. This study highlighted the increasing mental health inequalities in England from 2011 to 2022 and emphasised the need to investigate geographic inequalities using spatial modelling.
Throughout my career in mental health services, I have seen first-hand the devastating effects of different ‘inequalities’ on different groups. As a consultant psychiatrist working with homeless people, almost all the people I work with face inequalities, often simply in terms of access to food and shelter. Sometimes inequalities are felt in terms of prejudice […]
One in six adults have had a common mental health disorder, such as anxiety, in the last week, according to survey data. Three quarters of mental health problems are established by the age of 24.
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As a result of the wide-ranging economic, social, and health impacts of COVID-19, modellers estimate that the pandemic will lead to additional mental health needs for up to 10 million people in England (around 20% of the population). Those with existing long-term conditions may face particular challenges, potentially exacerbated by difficulties in accessing health care for the ongoing ...
5th Sep 2024 / Challenging mental health inequalities A new report published by the Mental Health Foundation has highlighted that an estimated 10 million people across England – almost 1 in 5 of the country’s population - are living in areas where local plans for improving the public’s mental health are insufficient.
We want to raise public awareness and encourage local integrated care systems, local authorities and services to work together to take responsibility for identifying and addressing the long-standing inequalities in mental health care. Tackling inequality is also a key feature of the NHS Long Term Plan. However, we know that poor-quality ...
Before the early 1990s, the prevalence of mental illness in England was unknown. The data simply didn’t exist, especially in relation to undiagnosed or untreated conditions. To address this gap, the Department of Health commissioned social researchers, psychiatrists and epidemiologists to design the first survey to rigorously assess mental illness in a random sample of the general population.
