Jo Thackwray was joined on the mid-morning show by Alastair Deards & Mansi Dhlolakia. Alastair & Mansi share information about the work of Mental Health Change whose mission is:

1. To have mental health recognised, treated and funded in the same way as physical health, thereby stopping mental health being the poor relation and creating a parity for all health care.
2. To create a pre-emptive courses of treatment for mental health patients specialising in specific groups of mental health needs from initial assessment to cure. Fundamentally breaking mental health into specialist types of related treatment areas with specialist units.
3. To establish a mental health telephone/text support line for all – 555 – that acts like 111 for mental health providing the ability to get people registered for NHS support if required.

Enjoy the  podcast with Alastair & Mansi.