Equally Well UK’s work has successively highlighted the gaps that people with severe mental illness face in accessing adequate support for their physical health. In [...]
Equally Well UK are excited to be working with Dr Benjamin Perry (Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry), in association with University of Birmingham and McPin Foundation to support an important piece [...]
In June of this year, Equally Well UK had the privilege of hosting 13 delegates from around the globe for a transformative Global Leadership Exchange [...]
People with severe mental illness such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are at a much higher risk of premature death in that they die between [...]
What does Equally Well UK mean to me? To start at the beginning I’ve been a member of the Equally Well UK Expert by [...]
We are delighted to announce our new strategy which will set our priorities for the next 3 years. September 2023 marked 5 years of [...]
Not being able to afford to buy the food you need to live healthily is one of most stark inequalities and injustices people face today [...]
Jan Hutchinson, Centre for Mental Health An ongoing challenge for people with a severe mental illness is that the priority which is given to their [...]
The shocking inequalities experienced by people living with severe mental illness must drive urgent action for change, Centre for Mental Health and Equally Well UK [...]
Dietitians have an important role in improving the physical health of people with severe mental illness. People with severe mental illness tend to eat more [...]
Hannah Moore, Vice-Chair, Expert by Experience group, Equally Well UK Having a cervical smear test isn’t pleasant for anyone. But for someone with a mental [...]
Lisa, Verity and Sheena, Transformation Partners in Health and Care The team at Transformation Partners in Health and Care is working to ensure the physical [...]
Andy Bell, CEO Centre for Mental Health In the three years up to the end of 2020, each year some 40,000 people living with a [...]
Nikita Le Sauvage, Equally Well UK Expert by Experience member As an expert by experience, I have been fortunate to have had many examples of [...]
Dr Harriet Gordon, Consultant Hepatologist, Hampshire Hospitals FT and member of the Equally Well UK Clinical Group Liver disease is a major cause of death [...]
By Ian Callaghan, He/Him, Recovery & Secure Care Manager and Equally Well UK, Rethink Mental Illness Equally Well UK has been passionate about improving oral [...]
Addressing health inequalities: developing a better understanding of physical health checks for people with severe mental illness from Black African and Caribbean communities by Jes [...]
19 October 2022 Equally Well UK, the national collaborative for better physical health for people with a mental illness, is delighted to welcome Marsha McAdam [...]
by Louise Nicholson, Clinical Nurse Lead for Physical Health (Oxford - Adult and Older Adult Mental Health Wards) If you are wondering what the frisson [...]
Equally Well leaders have sent a letter to Secretary of State for Health, Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP, asking that those living with severe mental [...]
by Rebecca Hall, Physical Health Lead for Leicestershire Partnership Trust and a GP Partner in a practice in Loughborough A core value of Equally Well [...]
New research, which is the first of its kind in the UK, is being funded to learn more about adults living with food insecurity and [...]
By Suffolk User Forum Healthy Together Team (pictured: James Woolnough, Healthy Together Interim Project Coordinator, Chloe Newman, Healthy Together Peer Support Worker and Alex Knight, [...]
By Hazel Cheeseman, Deputy Chief Executive, Action on Smoking and Health People with mental health conditions die on average 10-20 years earlier than the general [...]
