Published 12 April 2022
Last updated 17 May 2023 — See all updates
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Mental health and
wellbeing plan: discussion paper and call for evidence -
results
Detail of outcome
The call for evidence was originally intended to inform 2
individual plans:
- a mental health and wellbeing plan
- a separate suicide prevention strategy
The decision has since been taken to incorporate tackling mental
ill health into a major
conditions strategy instead of a stand-alone mental health
strategy. This will ensure that mental ill health is considered
alongside other physical health conditions and that the
interactions between them are reflected in any resulting
commitments. A call for evidence to
inform the major conditions strategy was published on 17 May
2023.
In addition, it remains our intention to publish a new national
suicide prevention strategy for England this year.
Thank you to all who responded to the mental health and wellbeing
call for evidence. All responses are being considered to inform
the development of both strategies.
Detail of feedback received
Over 5,000 people got in touch to share their views and
experiences through the online surveys. This included 4,559
individuals and 573 organisations - many of which were collated
responses following group discussions with people with lived
experience.
Original consultation Summary
This discussion paper and call for evidence seek views on what we
can do to improve everyone’s mental health and wellbeing.
This consultation ran from
10am on 12 April 2022 to 11:45pm on 7 July 2022
Consultation description
The government is committed to improving mental health and
wellbeing outcomes, particularly for people who experience worse
outcomes than the general population. This is a key part of our
commitment to ‘level up’, and address unequal outcomes and life
chances across the country.
The government has committed to develop a new cross-government,
10-year plan for mental health and wellbeing for England to
support this objective.
We want to ensure our new plan responds to the public’s
priorities and set out what we can all do as a whole society to
drive better outcomes. We all have mental health, and all have a
part to play in changing things for the better.
Therefore, we are launching a discussion paper and call for
evidence to ask the public a range of questions to help develop
the new plan.
This discussion paper is asking people:
- how can we all promote positive mental wellbeing? (chapter 1)
- how can we all prevent the onset of mental ill-health?
(chapter 2)
- how can we all intervene earlier when people need support
with their mental health? (chapter 3)
- how can we improve the quality and effectiveness of treatment
for mental health conditions? (chapter 4)
- how can we all support people living with mental health
conditions to live well? (chapter 5)
- how can we all improve support for people in crisis? (chapter
6)
We want to hear everyone’s views on these questions. This
includes:
- children and young people, adults, and older adults who have
experienced mental ill-health
- people who have cared for someone affected by mental
ill-health
- people who work or volunteer in health and social care
services who support people with their mental health
- people who work or volunteer in places where they meet people
who are affected by mental ill-health (such as schools, job
centres and housing associations)
- academics and experts who work on mental health
This discussion paper is published by the Department of Health
and Social Care, and has been informed by conversations with
stakeholders, people with lived experience and government
departments.
See the easy read version of the
call for evidence.
Documents
Mental health and
wellbeing plan: discussion paper
