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Closing the gap: priorities for essential change in mental health

In its mental health strategy, No Health Without Mental Health, the Government stated that mental health must have equal priority with physical health, that discrimination associated with mental health problems must end and that everyone who needs mental health care should get the right support, at the right time. It was recognised that more needed to be done to prevent mental ill health and promote mental wellbeing. Two years on, whilst there have been many positive changes, it is apparent still more needs to be done. Nationally, people who use mental health services, and those caring for them, continue to report gaps in provision and long waits for services. There is still an enormous gap in physical health outcomes for those with mental health problems. The Closing The Gap report (Department of Health, February 2014) challenges the health and social care economies to go further and faster to transform the support and care available to people with mental health problems, both children and adults, further, it challenges Public Health to give greater attention to mental health and wellbeing promotion and prevention. A presentation summarising the Closing the Gap report will be given at the July Health and Wellbeing Board meeting.