Healthy Living Pharmacy: Holding an awareness event/campaign on mental health and wellbeing
Published on: 17th February 2017 | Updated on: 1st June 2022
This page contains links to resources and information which pharmacy teams may wish to consider using when planning a health promotion event/campaign focussing on mental health and wellbeing.
This page is ‘work in progress’ and will continue to be updated.
Click on a heading below for more information.
Resources to assist with finding local data
The below tools can be used to gather information to establish the level of mental health disorders in the local area:
- Public Health England’s Children and Yong People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing tool presents collated data on risk, prevalence and the range of health, social care and education services that support children with, or vulnerable to, mental illness
- Public Health England’s Common Mental Health Disorders tool presents collated risk, prevalence, early intervention, assessment and treatment, outcomes and service costs data relating to people with common mental health disorders, including depression and anxiety disorders
- Public Health England – Health Profiles: This tool provides a snapshot of health and wellbeing across each local authority in England as portrayed by a range of indicators. They are intended to stimulate discussion between local government and health service providers by highlighting local needs and providing comparisons with other areas as well as with the national average.
- Public Health England’s Severe Mental Illness tool presents collated risk, prevalence, early intervention, assessment and treatment, outcomes and service costs data relating to people with severe mental illness
- Public Health England’s Suicide Prevention Profile brings together nationally available data on suicide, risk factors for suicide and service contacts for groups at increased risk of suicide; data is presented at local level
- Public Health England’s Co-occurring substance misuse and mental health issues tool presents data on smoking, alcohol use and dug use, including prevalence and treatment demand and response, alongside related mental health data to inform practice around co-occurring substance use and mental health issues
- Public Health England’s Dementia Profile tool provides indicators which cover prevalence, preventing well, diagnosing well, living well, supporting well and dying well
- The Dementia Atlas is an interacive map that plots data about dementia care and support, allowing people to compare the quality of dementia care across the country
Community Pharmacy England resources
- Communicating with patients page on the Community Pharmacy England website
- Healthy Living Pharmacies page on the Community Pharmacy England website
National awareness campaigns
| Campaign | Dates |
| Mental Health Awareness Week | 10-16th May 2021 |
| World Suicide Prevention Day | 10th September 2021 |
| OCD Awareness Week | 5-11th October 2020 |
| World Mental Health Day | 10th October 2021 |
| International Stress Awareness week | 1-5th November 2021 |
| Eating Disorders Awareness Week | 1-7th March 2021 |
| Self-Injury Awareness Day | 1st March 2021 |
| Dementia Awareness Week | 17-23rd May 2021 |
National charities & resources
Key facts & statistics
- The Mental Health Foundation – Statistics
- NHS Digital – Mental health
- PHE – Healthmatters: Dementia
- Community Pharmacy England – Essential facts, stats and quotes relating to mental health
Campaign/event tips
- Encourage people to make a pledge and attach these to a board in the pharmacy
- Share information about support services relating to dealing with mental health problems in the workplace, carers, young people and raising awareness about mental health crisis
- Encourage staff members to become Dementia Friends
- Read the Alzheimer’s Society’s guidance for customer-facing staff and becoming a dementia-friendly retailer
Training resources
- BMJ Learning – Motivational interviewing in brief consultations
- e-Learning for Healthcare – Mental Health Awareness Programme
- e-Learning for Healthcare – Population Wellbeing Portal
- e-Learning for Healthcare – Making Every Contact Count e-learning
- P3 – Public health awareness campaigns with impact (requires log-in)
- Social Care Institute for Health – Dementia e-learning course
- The Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education – theLearningpharmacy.com – Dementia
- The Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education has a number of programmes available on mental health problems
Further resources
- e-Learning for Healthcare – All Our Health programme
- Facebook – Making Every Contact Count (MECC) Community
- Health Education England – Making Every Contact Count
- The NHS Website – Moodzone
