Centre for Mental Health can help you understand the economic strengths of your organisation and communicate the financial case for your work in a robust and succinct way. We have a successful track record of helping attract investment for effective programmes and interventions. Our reports are technical, but practical and easy to digest.
The Centre has been at the forefront of economic analysis in mental health, with our latest figures estimating that mental ill health costs society £300 billion each year.
Mental Health Economics Collaborative
We are a member of the Mental Health Economics Collaborative, a partnership between Centre for Mental Health, the NHS Confederation Mental Health Network and London School of Economics. This collaborative brings together decades of expertise in research, health economics, mental health policy, and service development. Alongside this experience, the Collaborative has direct access to frontline services, system leaders, clinicians, and experts by experience.
Examples of work in this area include:
- Making the economic case for investment in children’s mental health support
- An evaluation of New Models of Care (Provider Collaboratives) for children and young people, commissioned by NHS England and Mental Health Network (2020)
- The investment case for the Nottingham Primary Care Psychological Medicine service in Rushcliffe (2019)
- A cost-benefit analysis for Petals, a counselling service for parents coping with bereavement and loss – and a financial plan for a national network of care (2019)
We’re a member of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance, a collaboration working towards a Wellbeing Economy to deliver human and ecological wellbeing.
For more information about our economic analysis work, get in touch with Jenny Banks at jenny.banks@centreformentalhealth.org.uk
