By 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 [...]
Emma Bailey, Project Manager for Equally Well UK at Centre for Mental Health Healthy Weight Management has been at the heart of Equally Well since [...]
Public Health England has developed a series of short videos on the COVID-19 vaccination, helping GPs and healthcare professionals to support people with Severe [...]
Andy Bell, Deputy Chief Executive, Centre for Mental Health Last month the Government announced its plans for the future of national public health activity, breaking [...]
Lauren Walker, Health Sciences researcher, Closing the Gap and York Univesity Physical health – inequality and barriers The inequality in physical health of people diagnosed with [...]
Hannah Moore, Expert by Experience member and Dolly Sud, Clinical Group member both of Equally Well UK, talk about healthy weight management and severe [...]
Gaby Hasham, Senior Project Officer, Rethink Mental Illness The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has placed people with severe mental illness (defined in [...]
Dr Emma Tiffin from Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG shares an insight into the first year pilot work on the severe mental illness patient annual health [...]
Andy Bell, Deputy Chief Executive, Centre for Mental Health This week, NHS England and the British Medical Association announced changes to the standard GP contract [...]
I 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 [...]
https://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 [...]
10 December 2020 People living with a severe mental illness who are eligible for a free flu jab this winter will be encouraged to get [...]
1 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 [...]
Hannah Moore, member of the Equally Well Expert by Experience Group As a child I was very active and competed as a dancer and in [...]
Dr Nick Hicks, Public Health Specialist and Founder of COBIC The data are shocking – people with serious mental illness die 15- 20 years sooner [...]
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Genevieve Smyth Equally Well UK Clinical Group member from Royal College of Occupational Therapists Covid-19 has presented lots of opportunities to rethink and reframe challenges [...]
Following the Government’s obesity strategy, Tackling obesity , Equally Well UK wrote to Nadine Dorries MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Mental Health and Jo [...]
Equally Well UK wrote to Rt Hon Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health with the following letter on the 7 August 2020: Dear Mr [...]
Emma Bailey, Project Manager for Equally Well UK Last week, the Government published a new strategy, Tackling obesity: empowering adults and children to lead healthier [...]
Hollie Melton and Nick Meader, University of York On average people with severe mental illness die 15-20 years earlier than the general population. They are [...]
Dr Jonathan Bickford, member of the Equally Well Clinical Group chats to Emma Bailey, project manager about his experience and knowledge linking to the Equally [...]
Equally Well UK speaks with Tim Coupland and Hannah MacDonald from RCN on the Equally Well resource, 'Looking after your health during Covid-19: A guide [...]
