Halton and St Helens Mental Health Directory

The North West Mental Wellbeing Survey was undertaken in response to a growing need to understand more about positive mental health and wellbeing. With a total sample of 18,500 people across Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Merseyside, the survey is the largest, most significant and detailed investigation of the region’s mental health and wellbeing ever undertaken.

Some findings from the survey include:

• There were no differences in levels of mental wellbeing between men and women
• High levels of mental wellbeing were most likely among 25-39 year olds, those living in the least deprived areas and among non-white adults
• Relatively low levels of mental wellbeing were more likely to be found among people living in the most deprived areas, among 40-54 year olds and among white adults
• Individuals with low mental wellbeing were nearly three times more likely than those with high mental wellbeing to have not spoken to someone outside their household in the last week
• People with a relatively high level of mental wellbeing were two-and-a-half times more likely to be satisfied with their lives compared with people with a relatively low level of mental wellbeing
• People with high levels of mental wellbeing were 2.4 times more likely than those with low levels to have never worried about money in the last few weeks
• People with high levels of mental wellbeing were 2.4 times more likely than those with low levels to be taking enough exercise to meet Government physical activity targets

The survey, the product of collaborative effort between primary care trusts and local authorities across the region, was led by the Strategic Health Authority (NHS North West), Department of Health and the North West Public Health Observatory, part of LJMU's Cente for Public Health.