"This report is vitally important to us and a powerful call to action" - Mental Health Report
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26th September 2017

"I have quoted the headlines from this remarkable report at two board meetings over the last two days and the response has been identical at both the Vanguard Partnership Board and the Health and Wellbeing Board. For those not already working in mental health services, the initial response was shocked silence followed by overwhelming force of opinion that this is a disgracefully shocking position that cannot be allowed to remain unaddressed. I have never seen all of the LA elected members of the HWBB speechless, I did this evening!

"I commend it enthusiastically to colleagues as a catalyst for much needed change.” (Mental Health Report)
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16th June 2017

“The Black Country STP has been an early adopter of this important study by the Strategy Unit. We saw its potential to inspire a transformation of our response to the physical health needs of mental health service users so we commissioned an earlier version to inform the development of our plan.

"An integral component of our models for local, place-based care." (Mental Health Report)
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16th June 2017

This report shines a light on the need to bring together the provision of physical and mental health services. It will also enable us as an STP to deliver this transformation as an integral component of our models for local, place-based care.

Steven Marshall , STP Lead for Mental Health & Learning Disabilities

"The Strategy Unit do ground breaking work to the highest quality"
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15th March 2017

"The Strategy Unit do ground breaking work of the highest quality. Their recent national report on mental health and physical health was exemplary and very important. I think that the collaboration between my clinical research teams at Aston Medical School and The Strategy Unit promises something really exciting. Their commitment to improving services for people in mental health crisis and people with dementia (and their carers) is very clear and is demonstrated by effective action.