Improving the physical health of people with mental health problems: Actions for mental health nurses

This resource is for mental health nurses, wherever they work, to take positive action to improve the physical health of people living with mental health problems. It builds on work to ensure parity of esteem between mental and physical health by giving equal attention to the physical health of people with mental health problems as is given to the general population. People with mental health problems should be supported to live healthy lives, and should be empowered to make real progress towards bringing their life expectancy in line with the rest of the population. The resource supports the Government’s commitment to ensure that people living with mental health problems have the same access to health checks and healthcare as the general population. It provides evidence based information about ways in which mental health nurses can improve the physical health and wellbeing of people living with mental health problems by tackling some of the key risk