Individual wellbeing report ONS

Yea individual well-being report highlights the failures of the government on different individual levels . The cost of living is rising this in turn is affecting people’s mental Healt and ironically the NHS funding towards mental health services is shrinking . GPS are being forced to prescribe anti-depressants in under 18’s despite Nice recommendations that it should be specialist led , purely because accessing mental health services has become impossible . Since 2005 rise in numbers of adolescents needing mental health support . A one billion deficit in the NHS funding. Who will take responsibility? The world journal of psychiatry has already published reasearch linking our mental health closely to our financial position. After the pandemic we thought there would be light at the end of the tunnel , clearly not . The tail end of two gruesome years seem more arduous than ever before

Financially driven mental health issues are rapidly becoming the new norm for so many people and unfortunately the NHS is simply not in a position to meet the growing need. So, who should pick up the tab on getting help? There is a clear link between levels of wellbeing and productivity so it would make sense for employers to be investing in more mental health training and providing targeted support that address the underlying financial health needs of their people. Ignoring this problem won't make it go away.

Now more than ever it is key to remember that children's wellbeing starts with the adult in the room. The cost of living crisis is having an impact on the mental health of entire families and all of the professionals that children come into contact with, such as teachers. It is adding pressure to the mass teacher exodus and increased absence in the workplace, meaning even longer waits for key services that this generation of children so desperately need. Intervention must happen now and must be a whole community approach to safeguard the future for our children and their children to come.