The Government should urgently respond to today’s Marmot Review 2020 and develop a national action plan to reduce mental health inequalities, says the Mental Health Foundation.
Commenting on the new report from the Institute for Health Inequality, Mark Rowland, Chief Executive at the Mental Health Foundation, said: “The Marmot Review 2020 shows that the social factors that lead to poor mental health are persisting or getting worse. Factors such as lower educational attainment, low quality employment, poverty and income inequality and difficulties in securing good quality housing have all been identified by the Mental Health Foundation as important drivers of mental health problems.
“Our recently published report ‘Tackling social inequalities to reduce mental health problems’ identifies a range of effective solutions for reducing these inequalities, in order to prevent mental health problems. We are calling on the Government to take action and develop a cross-departmental plan on mental health and wellbeing. There is no more time to waste on this.”
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