Improving Physical Health for People with Mental Health Conditions

This conference takes a practical case study based approach to delivering parity of esteem through learning from organisations that have succeeded in addressing the challenge of improving the physical health of people with mental health conditions. The conference will focus on meeting the national recommendation set out by the Mental Health Taskforce in February 2016.

The conference will include national updates and case study sessions focusing on making parity of esteem a reality, promoting fitness and physical activity, improving physical health for people with severe mental illness, smoking cessation, the role of drug abuse, monitoring physical health, the role of recovery services, reducing medication physical health side effects and the role of liaison psychiatry.