PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
PUBLIC HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH (16 February 2006)

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.

Sponsored by:
Lynne Jones (Labour)