Policy paper

The Women’s Mental Health Taskforce report

Report setting out how women's experience of mental ill health can differ to men's and the strategic priorities for the future.

From:
Department of Health and Social Care
Published
19 December 2018
This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Documents

The Women’s Mental Health Taskforce: final report

PDF, 1.46 MB, 73 pages

Details

The Women’s Mental Health Taskforce was formed in response to a rise in mental ill health among women.

The taskforce’s final report sets out how women’s experience of mental ill health can differ to men’s.

It covers:

  • core themes in women’s mental health
  • the involvement of women with lived experience
  • principles for service design
  • future strategic priorities

The report urges commissioners and providers across the health and care system to take note of the report’s findings and to embed these in their work.

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Published 19 December 2018

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