Our work on mental health

Since January 2016, over 34,000 people have shared their views and experiences of using mental health services with us.

We want to understand more about different people’s experiences of mental health care at different stages in their lives. Through developing this robust evidence base, we want to inform mental health policy and practice to make the improvements in support that people would like to see.

What will the project involve?

Over the course of the project we will look at the mental health support people want, from childhood to old age, focusing on the key moments in life when people need support.

Our ultimate aim is to make sure future mental health reforms focus on measuring the outcomes most important to people and to continually use people’s feedback to improve.

First phase - maternal mental health 

The first focus of mental health services will be people's experiences of mental health services when planning to get pregnant, during pregnancy, at the time of giving birth and afterwards. 

We are looking to hear from people and their partners that have experienced the above in the last three years.

How can you help?

• Share our public survey across your social media channels. Have you messaged your partners and organisations in your local area to see if they can share the survey too? 

• Have you shared all of your insight with us about maternal mental health services? If you haven't you can easily share this information here. 

• Can you encourage stakeholders with an interest in maternal mental health services to share their thoughts? We have created an online survey for them too.