Equally Well annual membership conference
Emma Bailey2020-02-13T16:46:14+00:00Every year Equally Well holds a coproduced membership conference on the physical health of people with severe and enduring mental health problems. Last year we [...]
Smoking cessation support for people with severe mental illness
Emma Bailey2020-01-28T16:49:26+00:00Christian Demaine-Stone, Darzi Fellow working with Equally Well UK I am a Darzi fellow: an experienced manager /clinician funded by Health Education England to embark [...]
Mental health trusts need to do more to help smokers with mental health conditions quit
Emma Bailey2019-11-07T16:14:30+00:00Ciaran Osborne, Director of Policy and Pretty Rahman, Communications Manager at Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) Many of us struggle to manage our physical and mental [...]
Podcast with Tim and Hannah from Royal College of Nursing
Emma Bailey2019-11-22T11:53:58+00:00Part 2 A two part Equally Well UK podcast, Tim and Hannah from the RCN talk about Parity of Esteem and their professional and [...]
Chairperson
Emma Bailey2019-10-16T11:31:51+00:00Process for selecting a Chairperson Equally Well UK is looking to appoint members and an independent Chairperson for our Oversight Group which will meet once [...]
Two podcasts created by RCGP on Equally Well UK
Emma Bailey2019-09-18T10:36:57+00:00A series of two podcasts created by RCGP on Equally Well UK with funding from Sports England. Episode 1 - Chris Lynch, Lived Experience Adviser [...]
Healthy Weight Management meeting
Emma Bailey2019-07-30T14:16:12+00:00Emily Peckham, Closing the Gap On the 5th July we held a Healthy Weight Management meeting at King’s Manor in York. The meeting was a [...]
y-QUIT: a resource to support people experiencing psychosis who want to stop smoking
Emma Bailey2019-09-18T11:35:53+00:00Dr David Shiers This is the latest addition to RIGHT FROM THE START, a set of resources aiming to equip service users and families with [...]
Podcast- tobacco smoking
Emma Bailey2019-09-18T10:38:43+00:00Kevin James from the Equally Well UK lived experience group with Emily Peckham and Tim Bradshaw from Closing the Gap. On the topic [...]
The effects of medication on healthy weight management
Emma Bailey2019-07-04T17:14:17+00:00Ben Russell, Lived Experience Group member for Equally Well UK So, there was the time before, the time during and the time after. The time [...]
King’s Health Partners Deliver a Successful Equally Well UK Event
Emma Bailey2019-06-21T16:10:49+00:00Sophie Gray, Senior Project Manager at Mind & Body, King’s Health Partners King’s Health Partners and our partner Trusts signed up to the national Equally [...]
Why achieving parity of esteem must be viewed as a collaborative effort
Emma Bailey2019-05-21T09:11:29+00:00A new publication from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Tim Coupland, a mental health nurse, leads for the RCN’s Parity of Esteem Programme and [...]
Putting the mouth back in the body – why oral health matters in mental health care
Emma Bailey2019-05-13T07:56:20+00:00Sara Hurley, CDO England It is an uncomfortable fact that people with mental health difficulties are disproportionately affected by poor oral health (Kisely et al., [...]
Dealing with the invisible illness: psychosis in A&E
Emma Bailey2019-05-10T13:04:32+00:00Ben Russell, Lived Experience Group member for Equally Well UK *Please be aware that this blog contains themes around self-harm and suicide which some might [...]
First of a series of learning events
Emma Bailey2019-04-18T10:11:56+00:00We are delighted to invite you to the first of a series of 2019-20 learning events aimed at Equally Well members and partners on 14 May [...]
Facing the Universe: living with mental illness and cerebral palsy
Emma Bailey2019-04-12T07:37:00+00:00Ben Russell, Lived Experience Group member for Equally Well UK *please be aware that this blog contains themes that some may find triggering. I’m in [...]
Breaking the link between smoking and severe mental illness
Emma Bailey2019-04-15T15:23:21+00:00Ciaran Osborne, Director of Policy, Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) More than two in five people with severe mental illness (such as schizophrenia, bipolar) [...]
Smoking and mental health: results of the SCIMITAR+ trial
Emma Bailey2019-04-15T18:17:04+00:00People living with a severe mental illness are more than three times as likely to smoke tobacco. Tobacco smoking is one of the biggest contributors [...]
Mental illness, hepatitis C and addressing the inverse care law
Emma Bailey2019-03-29T11:10:28+00:00Pardeep Grewal, consultant psychiatrist, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust The inverse care law is one we should all know about. It was devised in [...]
Marsha McAdam talks to Andy Bell about her physical and mental health experience
Emma Bailey2019-03-25T19:24:56+00:00Marsha speaks with Andy about her physical and mental health experience:
Stopping smoking: three new solutions to an old problem
Emma Bailey2019-03-13T18:01:46+00:00Peter Byrne, consultant psychiatrist, Royal London Hospital. Associate Registrar, Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) & Member / anti-smoking lead of Clinical Advisory Group of Equally [...]
Mental and physical health: why parity of esteem must be more than words
Emma Bailey2019-03-25T16:39:42+00:00Jo Lucas, written from the heart as a mental health professional, who also happens to be a Non-Executive Director for a Mental Health Trust Parity of esteem has become [...]
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Eating Disorders Awareness Week: How can Equally Well UK bridge the gap between eating disorder prevention and healthy weight management for people living with a mental illness? GalleryEating Disorders Awareness Week: How can Equally Well UK bridge the gap between eating disorder prevention and healthy weight management for people living with a mental illness?
Eating Disorders Awareness Week: How can Equally Well UK bridge the gap between eating disorder prevention and healthy weight management for people living with a mental illness?
Emma Bailey2019-03-25T16:36:33+00:00Hannah Lewis, Senior Policy and Practice Officer, Rethink Mental Illness For too long, society’s messaging regarding obesity has been stigmatising, accusatory, and encouraging of disordered eating [...]
Equally Well UK announces two major work streams for 2019
Emma Bailey2019-02-26T16:24:00+00:00EQUALLY WELL UK ANNOUNCES TWO MAJOR WORK STREAMS FOR 2019: HEALTHY WEIGHT MANAGEMENT AND TOBACCO SMOKING For immediate release: 26 February 2019 Equally Well UK, the nationwide collaborative [...]