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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Coronavirus: an update from Equally Well UK As the coronavirus wears on, it is easy to feel overwhelmed by uncertainty. We will all have worries [...]
Linda Nazarko, Nurse Consultant Physical Health Care at West London NHS Trust People with mental health problems are more likely to have physical health problems [...]
Prof Dame Sue Bailey, Co-Chair of Equally Well UK Day The Covid-19 outbreak has made us face an unprecedented challenge to public health that few [...]
Christian 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 [...]
Ciaran 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 [...]
Emily 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 [...]
Dr David Shiers This is the latest addition to RIGHT FROM THE START, a set of resources aiming to equip service users and families with [...]
Sophie 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 [...]
Sara Hurley, CDO England It is an uncomfortable fact that people with mental health difficulties are disproportionately affected by poor oral health (Kisely et al., [...]
Ben 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 [...]
Ciaran Osborne, Director of Policy, Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) More than two in five people with severe mental illness (such as schizophrenia, bipolar) [...]
People living with a severe mental illness are more than three times as likely to smoke tobacco. Tobacco smoking is one of the biggest contributors [...]
Marsha speaks with Andy about her physical and mental health experience:
Jo 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 [...]
Hannah 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 [...]
Andy Bell, Centre for Mental Health The NHS Long Term Plan was published on 7 January 2019 setting out NHS England’s priorities for the next decade [...]
