The Lake Foundation is happy to hear that Public Health England has published its new framework to build mental health skills in a range of professions working with children and adults in all areas of life including work settings.

With mental health conditions being a particular challenge for the black community we hope that this framework will go some way towards addressing some of the inequalities that exist in the mental health field where the black community are more likely to be diagnosed with a mental health condition and less likely to report being satisfied with the care that they receive.

Public Health England’s framework aims to promote good mental health, prevent mental illness and suicide and improve the quality of life of people living with mental illness.

We look forward to the framework’s implementation and hope that this will truly make a difference in our community.

For more information you can download a copy of the executive summary of the framework below or visit Public Health England’swebsite