Coronavirus: an update from Equally Well UK
Emma Bailey2021-01-05T10:50:35+00:00Coronavirus: an update from Equally Well UK As the coronavirus wears on, it is easy to feel overwhelmed by uncertainty. We will all have worries [...]
New research to understand food insecurity experiences of adults living with a diagnosis of severe mental illness
Helen Butlin2022-03-31T19:35:20+00:00New research, which is the first of its kind in the UK, is being funded to learn more about adults living with food insecurity and [...]
Healthy Together Peer Support successfully tackling health inequalities in Suffolk
Helen Butlin2022-02-24T18:47:09+00:00By Suffolk User Forum Healthy Together Team (pictured: James Woolnough, Healthy Together Interim Project Coordinator, Chloe Newman, Healthy Together Peer Support Worker and Alex Knight, [...]
Securing a smokefree future for people with mental health conditions
Helen Butlin2021-10-28T15:08:58+00:00By 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 [...]
Covid-19 vaccination and assertive outreach
Emma Bailey2021-10-28T13:29:15+00:00Nuwan Dissanayaka, Leeds and York Partnership Foundation Trust The pandemic has rendered life unrecognisable. We don our masks and gloves as if pulling on our [...]
Equally Well launches Global Call to Action to improve vaccine access for people living with mental health difficulties
Helen Butlin2021-10-26T23:19:43+00:00An international alliance of experts by experience and by profession is today calling for urgent action worldwide to remove barriers to accessing vaccines for preventable [...]
Greater risk of mortality from Covid-19 for people with severe mental illness is a wake-up call for action towards health equality
Helen Butlin2021-10-08T09:59:23+00:00Today research published in The Lancet Regional Health-Europe provides further evidence of the unacceptable inequalities faced by those living with severe mental illness. The study [...]
Time for action: our webinar on racial injustice, severe mental illness and physical health
Emma Bailey2021-08-20T12:16:40+00:00Emma Bailey, Project Manager for Equally Well UK at Centre for Mental Health Equally Well UK was formed to close the early mortality gap for [...]
Ensure people with severe mental illness are eligible for flu vaccination, says Equally Well UK host organisation and partners
Helen Butlin2021-08-11T11:39:13+00:00Letter to the Minister of State for Vaccinations from the leaders of the campaign Equally Well UK, welcoming the Government’s pledge to embark on the [...]
Covid-19 vaccine: seeking the light at the end of the tunnel
Emma Bailey2021-05-28T10:26:35+00:00Emma Bailey, Project Manager for Equally Well UK at Centre for Mental Health People with a diagnosis of severe mental illness too often have physical [...]
Promoting equitable access to the Covid-19 vaccination for people with severe mental illness
Emma Bailey2021-08-22T13:09:56+00:00People of age 16 and over with a diagnosis of Severe Mental Illness in England are eligible to receive Covid-19 vaccination as part of priority group [...]
Eating disorders and Covid-19 vaccines: what should be counted as a severe mental illness?
Emma Bailey2021-08-22T13:21:33+00:00By Hope Virgo, Author and Mental Health Campaigner Eating disorders affect over 1.25 million people a year in the UK, but arguably this statistic is [...]
Redefining Healthy Weight Management: response to the Women and Equalities Committee report
Emma Bailey2021-05-28T10:14:25+00:00Emma Bailey, Project Manager for Equally Well UK at Centre for Mental Health Healthy Weight Management has been at the heart of Equally Well since [...]
COVID-19 vaccination for people with Severe Mental Illness: Explainer Videos
Emma Bailey2021-04-08T15:56:32+00:00Public Health England has developed a series of short videos on the COVID-19 vaccination, helping GPs and healthcare professionals to support people with Severe [...]
Time for action not words: the Office for Health Protection and equal health
Emma Bailey2021-04-08T11:18:27+00:00Andy Bell, Deputy Chief Executive, Centre for Mental Health Last month the Government announced its plans for the future of national public health activity, breaking [...]
Physical Health during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Emma Bailey2021-03-29T15:30:08+00:00Lauren Walker, Health Sciences researcher, Closing the Gap and York Univesity Physical health – inequality and barriers The inequality in physical health of people diagnosed with [...]
Podcast: Healthy Weight Management with Hannah, Dolly and Wendy
Emma Bailey2021-03-04T15:26:45+00:00Hannah Moore, Expert by Experience member and Dolly Sud, Clinical Group member both of Equally Well UK, talk about healthy weight management and severe [...]
How people with severe mental illness responded to Rethink’s Vaccine Survey
Emma Bailey2021-02-23T13:39:07+00:00Gaby Hasham, Senior Project Officer, Rethink Mental Illness The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has placed people with severe mental illness (defined in [...]
SMI Patients Annual Health Check Service & Eating Disorder Medical Monitoring Role
Emma Bailey2021-06-17T08:49:55+00:00Dr Emma Tiffin from Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG shares an insight into the first year pilot work on the severe mental illness patient annual health [...]
The new GP contract: two steps forward for mental health equality
Emma Bailey2021-01-22T11:54:29+00:00Andy Bell, Deputy Chief Executive, Centre for Mental Health This week, NHS England and the British Medical Association announced changes to the standard GP contract [...]
Flu vaccinations and severe mental illness: A carer’s experience
Emma Bailey2021-01-11T12:14:41+00:00I am over 65 and booked my free flu jab with the pharmacy at the end of September and had it done on the 9th of [...]
Webinar: Do mental health professionals have the training they need to tackle smoking?
Emma Bailey2020-12-17T17:20:12+00:00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F-6RTOoRow&feature=youtu.be This joint webinar by Equally Well UK and the Mental Health and Smoking Partnership looks at the role of training in equipping staff in [...]
Equally Well UK launches guide to flu immunisation for people with severe mental illness
Emma Bailey2021-01-05T10:56:21+00:0010 December 2020 People living with a severe mental illness who are eligible for a free flu jab this winter will be encouraged to get [...]
People with mental illnesses dying too soon because of physical health conditions, new data shows
Emma Bailey2020-12-02T10:56:18+00:001 December 2020 People living with severe mental illness are 4.5 times more likely than average to die before they reach the age of 75 in [...]
My experience of weight management and smoking in secure hospital
Emma Bailey2020-11-30T14:06:34+00:00Hannah Moore, member of the Equally Well Expert by Experience Group As a child I was very active and competed as a dancer and in [...]