The Future of Mental Health Services
The Mental Health Foundation is conducting a major inquiry into the Future of Mental Health Services in the UK.
The inquiry is exploring what mental health services might look like in 20–30 years’ time. This will involve anticipating what changes will take place in society, assessing the challenges mental health services may face in the future, and thinking creatively about the ways services can meet these challenges. We hope our findings will help ensure that all mental health services are fit for purpose in the 21st century.
The Inquiry Panel
Our Inquiry Panel is chaired by Lord Carlile of Berriew and Professor Dinesh Bhugra.
The Panel is made up of representatives from a range of professions, alongside mental health service users and carers.
- Professor Kamaldeep Bhui, Professor of Cultural Psychiatry and Epidemiology at Queen Mary, University of London
- David Brindle, Public Services Editor at The Guardian
- Professor Mike Crawford, Director of the Centre for Quality Improvement at RCPsych, and Professor of Mental Health Research at Imperial College London
- Terry Dafter, Director of Adult Social Care at Stockport Council
- Professor Lindsey Davies, President of the Faculty of Public Health
- Paul Farmer, Chief Executive of Mind
- Isabella Goldie, Head of Mental Health Programmes, Scotland, at the Mental Health Foundation
- Dr Iona Heath, former President of the Royal College of General Practitioners
- Albert Johnson, Chair of Trustees at Rethink
- Catherine McLoughlin, Trustee of the Mental Health Foundation
- Professor Ian Norman, Deputy Head, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery, King’s College London
- Professor Paul Salkovsis, Professor of Clinical Psychology and Applied Science at the University of Bath
- Chris Thompson, Chief Medical Officer at The Priory Group
- Stephen Turley, Managing Director at Lundbeck UK
- John Williams, Head of Neuroscience and Mental Health at the Wellcome Trust
- Sarah Yiannoullou, Managing Director at the National Survivor User Network for Mental Health (NSUN)
Over the coming months the Inquiry Panel will be collecting oral and written evidence from a wide range of people. We are particularly keen to hear from people who use mental health services, their carers, and mental health professionals.