Jemma Wray
Jemma Wray, Head of Wales at the Mental Health Foundation said in response to the publication of the new mental health strategy for Wales:
We strongly welcome and support the new 10 year mental health strategy for Wales, and its vision to transform how the people of Wales are enabled and supported to live mentally healthy lives.
The strategy is grounded in an understanding that poor mental health can be prevented through ensuring that the building blocks of good mental health are in place, and that there is a system of connected community support available which enables people to connect with what they need, when they need it.
The delivery of this plan at a community level, ensuring the right infrastructure exists to support its implementation, will be vital in its success. It’s equally important that the Welsh Government continues to work alongside people with lived experience and that their improved outcomes are the measure of its impact.
We’re pleased to have been able to contribute to the development of this strategy during the consultation period, and look forward to supporting its implementation in collaboration with Welsh Government, NHS Executive, Public Health Wales, and the Wales Alliance for Mental Health among others to help improve the outcomes for those who are most at risk of developing poor mental health in Wales.”