Healthy Together Peer Support successfully tackling health inequalities in Suffolk

2022-02-24T18:47:09+00:00

By Suffolk User Forum Healthy Together Team (pictured: James Woolnough, Healthy Together Interim Project Coordinator, Chloe Newman, Healthy Together Peer Support Worker and Alex Knight, [...]

Healthy Together Peer Support successfully tackling health inequalities in Suffolk2022-02-24T18:47:09+00:00

Equally Well launches Global Call to Action to improve vaccine access for people living with mental health difficulties

2021-10-26T23:19:43+00:00

An international alliance of experts by experience and by profession is today calling for urgent action worldwide to remove barriers to accessing vaccines for preventable [...]

Equally Well launches Global Call to Action to improve vaccine access for people living with mental health difficulties2021-10-26T23:19:43+00:00

Greater risk of mortality from Covid-19 for people with severe mental illness is a wake-up call for action towards health equality

2021-10-08T09:59:23+00:00

Today 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 [...]

Greater risk of mortality from Covid-19 for people with severe mental illness is a wake-up call for action towards health equality2021-10-08T09:59:23+00:00

Promoting equitable access to the Covid-19 vaccination for people with severe mental illness

2021-08-22T13:09:56+00:00

People 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 [...]

Promoting equitable access to the Covid-19 vaccination for people with severe mental illness2021-08-22T13:09:56+00:00

Eating disorders and Covid-19 vaccines: what should be counted as a severe mental illness?

2021-08-22T13:21:33+00:00

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 [...]

Eating disorders and Covid-19 vaccines: what should be counted as a severe mental illness?2021-08-22T13:21:33+00:00

COVID-19 vaccination for people with Severe Mental Illness: Explainer Videos

2021-04-08T15:56:32+00:00

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 [...]

COVID-19 vaccination for people with Severe Mental Illness: Explainer Videos2021-04-08T15:56:32+00:00

Physical Health during the Covid-19 Pandemic

2021-03-29T15:30:08+00:00

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 [...]

Physical Health during the Covid-19 Pandemic2021-03-29T15:30:08+00:00

How people with severe mental illness responded to Rethink’s Vaccine Survey

2021-02-23T13:39:07+00:00

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 [...]

How people with severe mental illness responded to Rethink’s Vaccine Survey2021-02-23T13:39:07+00:00

Staying Physically Active and Healthy during Covid-19; Small Changes with a Big Impact

2020-10-23T11:09:22+00:00

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 [...]

Staying Physically Active and Healthy during Covid-19; Small Changes with a Big Impact2020-10-23T11:09:22+00:00

The impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on the physical health of people living with severe mental illness

2020-06-26T15:26:08+00:00

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, [...]

The impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on the physical health of people living with severe mental illness2020-06-26T15:26:08+00:00

Video: Hunger hormone and the role of medical professionals

2020-06-29T13:16:40+00:00

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 [...]

Video: Hunger hormone and the role of medical professionals2020-06-29T13:16:40+00:00

Conversation with Kevin on physical health for people with SMI during Covid-19

2020-06-12T15:07:19+00:00

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 [...]

Conversation with Kevin on physical health for people with SMI during Covid-192020-06-12T15:07:19+00:00

Onwards and upwards: exercise and mental health during Covid-19

2020-05-29T11:24:47+00:00

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 [...]

Onwards and upwards: exercise and mental health during Covid-192020-05-29T11:24:47+00:00

NEWS: Equally Well UK publishes guide to physical health for people living with severe mental illness during Covid-19

2020-05-06T12:18:33+00:00

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 [...]

NEWS: Equally Well UK publishes guide to physical health for people living with severe mental illness during Covid-192020-05-06T12:18:33+00:00

Positive mental health during self-isolation for Coronavirus / Covid-19

2020-03-27T09:17:41+00:00

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 [...]

Positive mental health during self-isolation for Coronavirus / Covid-192020-03-27T09:17:41+00:00
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