Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy: Initial Monitoring Report and Monitoring Framework

Monitoring of the Strategy's Summary Outcomes

This section presents metrics for monitoring six of the Strategy’s nine summary outcomes.

The following six summary outcomes are included:

• Summary Outcome 1: The overall mental health and wellbeing of the population is increased, and mental health inequalities are reduced
• Summary Outcome 2: People with mental health conditions, including those with co-existing health conditions, experience improved quality and length of life, free from stigma and discrimination.
• Summary Outcome 3: People have an increased knowledge and understanding of mental health and wellbeing and how to access appropriate support.
• Summary Outcome 4: Communities are better equipped to act as a source of support for people’s mental health and wellbeing, championing the eradication of stigma and discrimination and providing a range of opportunities to connect with others.
• Summary Outcome 6: Comprehensive support and services that promote and support people’s mental health and wellbeing are available in a timely way that meets and respects individual needs
• Summary Outcome 9: The mental health and wellbeing workforce is diverse, skilled, supported, and sustainable

Three of the summary outcomes are not included in this report. These outcomes are not suited for quantitative monitoring and may be more suited for qualitative insights to understand progress. These are:

• Summary outcome 5: We adopt a ‘mental health and wellbeing in all policies’ approach to facilitate cross-policy actions that more effectively address the wide-ranging social, economic and environmental factors that impact people’s mental health and wellbeing, including poverty, stigma, discrimination, and injustice.
• Summary outcome 7: Mental health policies, support, care, and treatment are better informed and shaped by people with lived experience of mental health issues and staff practitioners, with a focus on high quality provision that is recovery orientated.
• Summary outcome 8: Decision-makers and practitioners (including the third sector) are better able to access the evidence, research and data they need to ensure a more evidence-based approach to policy formation and practice.