July 2023 sees the NHS reach its 75th birthday and whilst mental health services look very different in 2023, major shortcomings still remain.

For our fourth Festival of Ideas event, we heard from a panel of experts by experience about how mental health services could change to meet everyone’s needs more effectively, humanely and equitably.

Co-chairs:
Marsha McAdam - Centre for Mental Health ambassador
Andy Bell - CEO of Centre for Mental Health

Speakers:
Ellie Costello - Director at Square Peg
David Gilbert - The first Patient (Lived Experience) Director in the NHS and the author of The Patient Revolution - how we can heal healthcare’ (Jessica Kingsley Press).
Doreen Joseph - Advocate, lecturer, researcher and writer in race, mental health, and faith
Isaac Samuels - Lived experience and co-production expert.

00:00 Welcome from Marsha & Andy
3:08 Introductions from panel
6:30 Panel discussion - For the NHS’s 75th anniversary you have been given a blank cheque, how would services be changed in the next 5-10 years?
27:18 Panel discussion - What are the main barriers do you envisage services have to overcome and how can that be done?
31:04 Panel discussion - What one change would you want to see that could have the biggest impact on the ground now?
38:00 Q&A
53:29 Final remarks from Marsha & Andy
57:00 Final Festival of Ideas Event Sign Up
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