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Mental health budget figures include different components across countries so cross- country comparisons should be made with caution.
Figure 1: Mental health budget or expenditure as a proportion of the total health budget or expenditure, EU-15 countries UK, England and WalesFranceSpain, CataloniaGermanySwedenUK, ScotlandNetherlandsIrelandDenmarkSpain, ExtremaduraItalyPortugalSource: Adapted from WHO Europe “Policies and practices for mental health in Europe - meeting the challenges” (2008) The proportion of the health budget dedicated to mental health, ranges from 13.8% in England and Wales to 3% in Portugal.
There is potential here for big savings to the public purse, but how do we encourage people to continue doing physical exercise after leaving school?Recommendation 74: Mental health budget & services need to be considered in the round (joined up?) e.g. prescribing to join a choir to improve mental health.Recommendation 75: We need a willingness to experiment with ways of improving public mental / physical health.