The event examined the current state of mental health services, asked whether mental health is now a priority, and explored what needs to happen to genuinely put mental health on a par with physical health.

Mental health: from rhetoric to reality? January 2015

Claire Murdoch, Chief Executive of Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, speaks at our event on taking the conversation on mental health from rhetoric to reality, part of our breakfast series on the big election questions.

Claire Murdoch - mental health: from rhetoric to reality?

Paul Farmer, Chief Executive of Mind, speaks at our event on taking the conversation around mental health from rhetoric to reality, part of our breakfast series on the big election questions.

Paul Farmer - mental health: from rhetoric to reality?

Lord Layard, Professor Emeritus at London School of Economics and Founder of Action for Happiness, speaks at our event on taking the conversation on mental health from rhetoric to reality. The event was part of our breakfast series on the big election questions.

Lord Richard Layard - mental health: from rhetoric to reality?

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Mental health: from rhetoric to reality? January 2015

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