Loss of early intervention services is a false economy
Cutting early intervention in psychosis (EIP) services puts young people at risk of worse health and poorer life chances.
Type: News
How mental ill health affects the economy
The OECD report recognises that mental ill health is a major problem and that it is a problem creating significant costs for people, employers and the economy.
Type: Blog
The false economy of cuts to crisis care
Just weeks after exposing pressures on acute beds in mental health services, today there are further warnings about spending cuts in community teams across England.
Type: Blog
Mental health: the whole picture
Community budgets that pool funding for services could dramatically improve mental health provision. This ‘whole place’ approach should be backed in the Spending review.
Type: Blog
Liaison psychiatry in the modern NHS
Liaison Psychiatry in the Modern NHS suggests that liaison psychiatry services can save an average hospital £5 million a year by reducing the number and length of admissions to beds.
Type: Publication
Economic evaluation of a liaison psychiatry service
This report examines the costs and benefits of an award-winning service based at Birmingham City Hospital. The service offers comprehensive, round-the-clock mental health support to all adult patients in the hospital.
Type: Publication
What’s it worth now?
What’s it Worth Now? estimates of social and economic costs of mental health problems in Scotland, with a particular focus on the employment-related costs.
Type: Publication
The economic and social costs of mental health problems in 2009/10
This policy paper calculates the economic and social costs of mental illness including the costs of health and social care, lost output and the human costs of reduced quality of life.
Type: Publication
Promoting mental health and preventing mental illness
This report calls for greater investment in mental health promotion and argues that this will bring economic advantages.
Type: Publication
Mental health at work: developing the business case
At any one time one worker in six will be experiencing depression, anxiety or problems relating to stress. The total cost to employers is estimated at £1,035 for every employee in the UK workforce.
Type: Publication