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<p>Government’s loneliness strategy recognises that loneliness can affect people of
all ages and all backgrounds.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is aware of the recent
research findings contained in “Barriers to belonging: An exploration of loneliness
among people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds”, recently published
by the British Red Cross, which will be considered in future work.</p><p> </p><p>On
the public health implications, Public Health England (PHE) has supported the development
of standard measures of loneliness and has recently consulted on updates to its Public
Health Outcomes Framework, which includes consideration of the addition of the standard
measure of loneliness, to inform and focus future work.</p><p> </p><p>One aim of Government's
recently launched Let’s talk Loneliness campaign is to reduce the stigma of loneliness
so that people experiencing it feel they can reach out or take action. This is based
on the Mental Health Foundation's research which found that 30% of Britons surveyed
said they would be embarrassed to say they felt lonely. The campaign will encourage
people across different communities to talk about loneliness.</p>
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