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<p>This Government recognises the importance of raising awareness and reducing stigma
so that more people feel able to talk about their mental health, including eating
disorders, and seek treatment. In January 2017, the Prime Minister committed to having
mental health first aid training available to secondary schools, aiming to have trained
at least one teacher in every secondary school by 2020 and to all primary schools
by 2022.</p><p> </p><p>This Government has also provided grant funding to the Time
to Change national mental health anti-stigma campaign since 2012. Time to Change works
with people with experience of mental health problems, including eating disorders,
to challenge stigma and to improve social attitudes towards mental health. Time to
Change’s website provides information and guidance about eating disorders and provides
signposts and links to organisations that can help. This information is available
at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.time-to-change.org.uk/about-mental-health/types-problems/eating-disorders"
target="_blank">https://www.time-to-change.org.uk/about-mental-health/types-problems/eating-disorders</a></p><p>
</p><p>The Government has also committed to equip one million people to be better
informed to look after their own mental health, so Public Health England is currently
leading the development of a £15 million national mental health campaign called ‘Every
Mind Matters’.</p>
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