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London Mental Health Strategic Clinical Network
Mental health services in London: Key facts
London has a greater burden of mental ill health and the
highest rate of compulsory
psychiatric admissions
in England
1 million
Londoners in any
one time experience
a mental health
problem
stress
1.5
million
Londoners and
5.6
million
work days lost
each year
17 years
earlier
than the rest of
the population
Work related
affects
If you have a
serious mental
illness in London,
you are likely to die
Mental ill health is
estimated to cost
the capital nearly
£2.5
billion
in health and social
care costs each
year as well as
£5.5
billion
in lost working hours
40%
of people on
incapacity
benefit have a
mental health
problem
1 in 5
Londoners will
have a mental
health problem
Mental health in the
criminal justice system
London Mental Health Strategic Clinical Network
Mental health in
primary care
90%
83%
of people with ill mental
health in London are cared for
entirely within primary care
Building resilience
in young people
1children
inand young
10
people aged 5-16 have
a diagnosable mental
Only
health disorder -- around
of CCGs are confident 3 in every class
of CCGs have set
that people will
mental health as
one of their
10 priorities
Primary care has the
greatest need and activity
but is not matched by spend
63%
have access to a
range of mental
health treatments
recommended by
NICE
Substance misuse is 6X more common
in people with serious mental illness
Depression and anxiety
50% 25%
of women and of men
are affected by
depression at some time
in their life
Suicide
is the most
common cause
of death in males
under 35 years old
95%
of young
people (1620 years) in
custody have
at least one
mental health
problem, and
80%
1/2
of all lifetime
mental health
problems emerge
before the age of 14
have more
than one
Women in custody are
5 times
more likely to have a
mental health concern
than women in the
general public
20x
Prisoners are
more likely to
have a psychosis
Up to
90%
of prisoners have some
form of mental health
problem
3x more likely to be sectioned under the Mental Health Act
Integration into physical health
Londoners are
Depression
doubles
the risk of
developing
coronary
heart disease
25%
of all people
with long
term physical
conditions
have
depression
and die earlier
Stroke survivors have anxiety rates of
1 in 4
people with cancer
have clinical
depression
30-49% up to 12 years post stroke