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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

Policy must tackle root causes of England’s record mental ill-health, says report

People walking along a street with boarded-up flats behind.
Poverty and poor housing need to be addressed to improve worsening mental health, a coalition of charities, thinktanks and staff groups has urged ministers. Photograph: Jeff Morgan 12/Alamy

Ministers must tackle poverty, poor housing and air pollution to improve England’s worsening mental health, a coalition of charities, thinktanks and staff groups has urged ministers.

Their blueprint for better mental health also includes a crackdown on racism, reforms to the benefits system and action to end the stark inequality whereby people with severe psychiatric conditions die up to 20 years sooner than the general population.

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