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 [...]
Equally Well UK welcomes Kevin James as the new Expert by Experience Group Chair Embargoed until 00.01 hours, 3 July 2020 Equally Well UK, a [...]
Marsha McAdam, Expert by Experience member for Equally Well speaks with Tim Coupland and Angela Willan about the recent Health Education England Resource: Physical Health [...]
Gaby Hasham, Senior Recovery and Outcomes Project Officer, Rethink Mental Illness On Tuesday 16 June, Rethink Mental Illness published the second of its COVID-19 briefings, [...]
Marsha McAdam, Expert by Experience member of Equally Well shares her experience and knowledge on ghrelin 'the hunger hormone' and what she would like medical [...]
Kevin James, Expert by Experience member chats to Emma Bailey, project manager about the Equally Well resource; Looking after your health during Covid-19: A guide [...]
Hazel Cheeseman, Director of Policy at Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) Why #QuitForCOVID The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has changed our lives, our routines and [...]
Ben Russell, Expert by Experience Group member for Equally Well UK So, the problem with hearing voices is that they’re distracting. Either whispering to me [...]
6 May 2020 Equally Well UK has today published a guide for people who are living with a mental illness about maintaining physical health during [...]
Equally Well UK, a collaboration working towards equal physical health for people with a severe mental illness, is delighted to announce Prof Wendy Burn as [...]
Marsha McAdam, Expert by Experience member of Equally Well This is now my third week of self-isolation, and I have to be honest and say [...]
Amanda was due to speak at our event that was postponed due to Covid-19, so has kindly shared what she was due to say in [...]
Peter Byrne has been an NHS consultant psychiatrist for over 20 years, working mostly in general hospitals. These are worrying times: extraordinary measures to contain [...]
