Joe Levenson

Big Mental Health Survey The Big Mental Health Survey 2025

If you want to be part of the change and help us push for better across the whole system, take our Big Mental Health Survey here ➡ www.bigmentalhealthsurvey.co.uk

11.02.2025 16:09 — 👍 19    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 0

Mental health patients with nowhere to go cost NHS £71m in England, report finds Accommodation shortages caused 109,000 days of delayed discharge in 2023-24, says National Housing Federation

This is yet another example of people with mental health problems not getting the support they need.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/11/mental-health-patients-delayed-discharge-costs-nhs-71m-pounds

11.02.2025 16:09 — 👍 62    🔁 21    💬 3    📌 1

Many graduates use internships to get started in the world of work.

But how do they find them? 🔎

Our new research shows that personal contacts still play a major role, with a fifth of grads finding positions through family and friends.

https://buff.ly/4ayRJfh

02.02.2025 20:43 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

EastEnders to air mental health storyline for Phil Mitchell The storyline will follow Phil, and the characters closest to him

Really pleased that at @mindcharity.bsky.social we’ve been supporting EastEnders with upcoming mental health storylines. www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...

22.01.2025 17:36 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Blue Monday is:

✅ made up
✅ a cracking tune by New Order

20.01.2025 08:37 — 👍 75    🔁 17    💬 1    📌 2

Anyone who doesn’t know what that gesture means needs to learn history quickly.

20.01.2025 20:38 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Dear Sir Tony Blair, We agree. We do need a proper conversation about mental health. Mental health problems are just as real as physical health problems and we’re in the middle of a mental health crisis. Change is possible and the solutions are out there. But we must start from a place of understanding and face the reality of what is really happening.

The reality is that mental health accounts for 20% of all health issues but only gets 10% of NHS funding. The reality is that there are 2 million people in England currently sat on waiting lists for mental health support. And the reality is that the increasing welfare bill is a symptom of our increasing mental health crisis, not a cause. To have a proper conversation, mental health must be taken as seriously as physical health. And we must recognise the social factors that are driving up mental illness. For example, life’s ‘ups and downs’ are harder to brush off when you’re living in poverty or experiencing racism. It's possible to create a mentally healthy nation - but we need the UK government to take the brave steps necessary to get there. This means investing in prevention, early intervention and improving access to services that get people back to thriving lives. Until then, we’ll carry on fighting for people to get the support and respect they deserve. And we won’t stop until they’ve got it. Mind

Sir Tony Blair shared his thoughts on mental health this weekend... we thought we would add our own thoughts.

13.01.2025 17:06 — 👍 30    🔁 13    💬 0    📌 1

Gary Speed passed away 13 years ago today.

I had no connection to him through the club I support but his death is one that I pause for thought over every year on the anniversary. It’s so easy to brush mental health under the carpet and “get on with it” I do it myself but I shouldn’t.

RIP ❤️

27.11.2024 08:43 — 👍 597    🔁 67    💬 26    📌 5

So sorry to hear that.

27.11.2024 14:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

NHS and RSPH launch Violence Prevention and Reduction eLearning for NHS Staff The eLearning was developed to address an identified training need for staff and it will also bridge a knowledge gap for those embarking on RSPH’s Violence Prevention and Reduction (VPR) educational p...

We've partnered with NHS England to launch violence and reduction (VPR) eLearning for NHS staff 🤝

The course is open to all staff and is free to access. It takes a public health and trauma-informed approach to preventing and reducing violence.

Find out more 👇

🔗 www.rsph.org.uk/about-us/new...

25.11.2024 15:49 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

Yes please. Thanks

21.11.2024 21:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Graph showing poverty levels including child poverty reaching 36%

Shocking news. 36% of UK children are living in poverty according to the latest Social Metrics Commission research (I am one of the Commissioners)
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

18.11.2024 18:19 — 👍 999    🔁 604    💬 53    📌 98

Seems apt to have my first post here of a lovely blue sky.

07.11.2023 20:40 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0