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A week ago we welcomed the independent report from the Mental Health Taskforce, setting out how national bodies, including health agencies and government departments, should work together over the next five years to improve mental health.
One in four of us will experience a mental health problem at some time in our lives. Mental health issues are also closely associated with health inequalities: people with mental illness die on average 15-20 years earlier than those without.
The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health represents an important opportunity to make significant progress within a generation, and deliver urgent, and achievable,…