The shocking inequalities experienced by people living with severe mental illness must drive urgent action for change, Centre for Mental Health and Equally Well UK [...]
Andy Bell, CEO Centre for Mental Health In the three years up to the end of 2020, each year some 40,000 people living with a [...]
19 October 2022 Equally Well UK, the national collaborative for better physical health for people with a mental illness, is delighted to welcome Marsha McAdam [...]
Equally Well leaders have sent a letter to Secretary of State for Health, Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP, asking that those living with severe mental [...]
New research, which is the first of its kind in the UK, is being funded to learn more about adults living with food insecurity and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Letter 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Given the current situation with the coronavirus, COVID-19, and mindful that a number of our speakers and attendees have underlying health conditions which would increase their risk of becoming unwell [...]
Every year Equally Well holds a coproduced membership conference on the physical health of people with severe and enduring mental health problems. Last year we [...]
EQUALLY WELL UK ANNOUNCES TWO MAJOR WORK STREAMS FOR 2019: HEALTHY WEIGHT MANAGEMENT AND TOBACCO SMOKING For immediate release: 26 February 2019 Equally Well UK, the nationwide collaborative [...]
Date: 13 September 2018 The leaders of more than 50 organisations will assemble today at the Royal College of Nursing in London to sign an [...]
Date: 23 May 2018 A major new initiative to tackle one of the biggest health inequalities was launched today by Centre for Mental Health, Kaleidoscope [...]
