“People with serious mental illnesses (like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder) die, on average, 20 years earlier than the rest of the population”. Rethink, 2013 (Lethal discrimination)

“Schizophrenia is associated with a reduced life expectancy of 20.5 years for men and 16.4 years for women” Brown et al, 2010

“Depression is associated with a 50% increased mortality from all disease” Chang et al, 2011

“Depression is associated with a two-fold increased risk of coronary heart disease and diabetes” Hemingway, 1999 Nicholson, 2006 Fenton, 2006

“Schizophrenia is associated with a two-fold increased risk of diabetes and a two to three- fold increased risk of hypertension” Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2013

“More than 40% of all tobacco is smoked by people with mental illness, but they are less likely to be given support to quit”. Rethink, 2013 (Lethal discrimination)

“People gain an average of 13lbs in the first two months of taking antipsychotic medication and this continues over the first year. In some areas 70% of people in this group are not having their weight monitored”. Rethink, 2013 (Lethal discrimination)

“Many health professionals are failing to take people with mental illness seriously when they raise concerns about their physical health”. Rethink, 2013 (Lethal discrimination)

“Diagnostic overshadowing” This describes what happens when healthcare staff incorrectly attribute symptoms of physical health to a mental health condition. Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2013

“Fewer than 30% of people with schizophrenia are being given a basic annual physical health check” Rethink, 2013 (Lethal discrimination)

“People with Learning Disabilities are 58 times more likely to die before the age of 50……and to have more unmet health needs than people in the general population”. Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2009