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About Paul Farmer, Chief Executive, Mind

Paul Farmer has been Chief Executive of Mind, the leading mental health charity working in England and Wales since May 2006. Mind’s vision is to ensure everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets both support and respect.

Mind is a partner in the Time to Change campaign, the biggest ever campaign in England to tackle the stigma and discrimination around mental health.

Paul was Chair of the NHS England Mental Health Taskforce which brought together health and care leaders and experts in the field, including people using services, to lead a programme of work to create the current mental health Five Year Forward View for the NHS in England. He is now Chair of the Advisory and Oversight Board for the Five Year Forward View for mental health. He co-authored ‘Thriving at Work’ for the government, setting out how to transform mental health in work places.

Paul has an Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of East London, is an Honorary Fellow of St Peter’s College, Oxford, and The Royal College of Psychiatrists, and was awarded a CBE in the New Year’s Honours 2016.

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