PUBLIC HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH

Early day motion 1682, tabled 16 February 2006 by Lynne Jones (Labour). Signed by 119 members.

That this House believes that mental health should form a central part of mainstream public health reforms; is appalled that people with severe mental illness can expect to live 10 years less than other people; congratulates Rethink, the charity for people affected by severe mental illness, for campaigning to ensure that people with severe mental illness should be a top priority for programmes on obesity, exercise and smoking cessation because of the high levels of physical health problems among this group; urges the Government to fulfill its commitment to tackling health inequalities through the Public Health White Paper, Choosing Health, and the White Paper, Our Health, Our Care, Our Say; and calls on the Government to reassert its commitment to keep mental health as one of its three health priorities.

Signatures by party: Labour 46, Conservative 39, Liberal Democrat 27, DUP 5, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2.