Economic and social costs of mental health problems

Centre for Mental Health

A Centre for Mental Health policy paper published in 2003 estimated that the economic and social costs of mental health problems in England in the financial year 2002/03 amounted to £77.4 billion (Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health, 2003).
Using the same methodology, a straightforward updating of this figure suggests that the aggregate cost of mental health problems in England increased to £105.2 billion in 2009/10. This updated analysis shows that mental ill health should continue to be a priority issue for public policy.

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Location, location, location: making choice of place of birth a reality

National Childbirth Trust
The NCT believes that choice of place of birth should be provided for across all four countries of the UK. We also believe that this should be provided locally with the provision of objective information and support from health professionals.

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Health Visiting Matters

UK Public Health Association
A new report from the UK Public Health Association (UKPHA) launched makes five key recommendations aimed at creating a reinvigorated health visiting service which will promote and protect the health of families and children and reduce health inequalities.

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Sex: worth talking about

NHS Choices
The government has launched a campaign to encourage young people to talk more openly about sex and contraception. The teenage pregnancy rate in the UK is Europe's highest and ministers want to change attitudes towards safer sex.

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Improving safety, reducing harm: children, young people and domestic violence: a practical toolkit for front-line practitioners

Department of Health
Domestic violence can have a devastating impact on children and young people, affecting their health, well being and development, as well as their educational achievement. This comprehensive toolkit for frontline professionals was developed to improve responses to a range of key issues affecting children and young people including domestic violence, bullying, sexual violence and gangs as well as child protection and risk assessments.

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Future health: sustainable places for health and well-being

CABE
Future health tells us how good design makes healthy places. It brings what CABE has learned about sustainable, health-promoting environments together with the latest thinking about health and well-being.

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Communities for health: unlocking the energy within communities to improve health

Department of Health
This document is the second report from the Communities for Health programme. It covers the two years since the publication of the report from the pilot phase of the programme, Communities for Health: Learning from the Pilots, in February 2007.

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