⚠️ The government can't afford to keep ignoring the mental health impacts of policies.

✅ A mental health policy test is a simple, cost-effective way to ensure policies don't harm people's mental health.
centreformentalhealth.org.uk/publications/p… #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek

🧵 All policies - from transport & town planning to education & employment - affect our mental health.
So we're calling on Government to put every policy proposal through a 'mental health policy test': centreformentalhealth.org.uk/publications/p… #MentalHealthPolicyTest #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek

Shout it from the rooftops!
#mentalhealth is relevant to ALL policies.
Let’s make sure that mental health is at the centre of all decisions!
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek2024

Too often, policies across government are made without considering the way they could affect our mental health.

Centre for Mental Health is calling for a mental health policy test to change that:

🌟 #MentalHealthPolicyTest 🌟

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Every government policy – from social security to the environment – affects our mental health.

Centre for Mental Health is calling for a mental health policy test to weigh up the impact of every new policy on the nation’s wellbeing: centreformentalhealth.org.uk/publications/p…

#MentalHealthPolicyTest #MHAW24

Today Centre for Mental Health we’re publishing our review of what a government #MentalHealthPolicyTest could look like and how it would work. We think this is a crucial step to creating a mentally healthier nation #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek

Introducing a 'mental health policy test' would be a simple, effective way for the Government to consider the knock-on effects of any new policy on our mental health - reducing levels of mental illness and leading to better policies overall 👇centreformentalhealth.org.uk/news/item/gove…

Every government policy affects our mental health - from transport & town planning to benefits & education. But policies are too often made without considering the knock-on implications for mental health. So we're calling for a 'mental health policy test': centreformentalhealth.org.uk/publications/p…

📢 All policies affect our mental health, for good or ill.

So we're calling on the Government to put every new policy through a 'mental health policy test' to assess how it will affect people's wellbeing: centreformentalhealth.org.uk/publications/p… #MentalHealthPolicyTest #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek