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Paul Burstow MP writes… Government should make New Year’s resolution to tackle mental health employment scandal

Mental health has rightly gone up the political agenda since the coalition came to power. Long neglected, mental health problems cost the UK in excess of £105 billion annually and affect one in four of the population.

Earlier this month saw publication of the most comprehensive picture of progress on mental health. The government’s Mental Health Dashboard brings together in one place mental health data from a wide range of sources for the first time. Its aim is to monitor the progress achieved in implementing the No Health Without Mental Health strategy.

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  • Peter Davies
    @Jenny It's a TLA for Tax Free Allowance...
  • Peter Davies
    "Without more social housing, families on low and unstable incomes are forced out of more prosperous areas, where there is work; there is a rise in homelessness...
  • Jenny Barnes
    WTF is TFA...
  • Peter Martin
    @ Hywel, The period 2010 - 2015 was a period of economic difficulty following the 2008 GFC, so it will be quite hard to separate out all the factors influenc...
  • Hywel
    @Jeff There should then be a lot of evidence of people increasing working hours/finding better paid jobs in 2010-2015. How did that compare to people doing th...