Next week Prime Minister Theresa May will announce major Government action to improve the support and welfare for people struggling with mental illness.

In a report documenting the campaign, the Government will promise to improve the care received by the one in four people every year who develop anxiety, depression, or other related conditions.

The Prime Minister will detail how employers can play a much bigger role in helping staff who are forced to take time off work as a result of mental health problems.

Ms May will also draft steps for schools so that they can better identify and help the growing number of young people at risk of mental illness.

The Government will also pledge to reduce the number of people taking their own lives.

Although the current rate is slowing, the number of women committing suicide is rising.

Mental health charities have previously praised the Prime Minister for her willingness to act on the issue which is creeping through the nation.

“If you suffer from mental health problems, there’s not enough help to hand,” the Prime Minister said as she took up the top spot in July.

Among her recent actions, charities recorded a big drop in the number of people who were put in a police cell to undergo an “assessment” of their mental health.

May’s opposition has previously suggested bringing in maximum waiting times for mental health treatment to match those that already exist for physical health.

Luciana Berger, a member of the Commons health select committee and president of the Labour campaign for mental health, said: “The inadequacy of our mental health services is one of the most perilous challenges our NHS and country faces. It can only be solved by tangible change felt in every school, workplace and community.”

The Prime Minister will announce the campaign on Monday.