Government on mental health

The government has unveiled a raft of measures which it says represents a "radical shift" in its approach to mental health.

It has published a strategy for preventing mental health conditions developing among those at risk including victims of physical and sexual abuse, homeless people and ex-servicemen. It also published two reports on helping people with mental health conditions stay in work and a report on improving job prospects for people with mental health conditions who are out of work.
The government's strategy includes employing mental health co-ordinators in job centres to provide support by developing links between health and employment services and the launch of nine occupational health advice line pilots to give small businesses in Britain support to retain employees with mental health conditions. Ministers are also looking at ways to extend the Access to Work programme including providing funding for temporary cover when a person is off work because of their condition and notifying job applicants and employers of the level of support they can expect.

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