Mental health provision

Yes it will be hard to make up staffing levels without more resources, and there are shortages of workers - ie unfilled posts, as well as not enough posts in some areas.

There will be some savings through multi-use of public buildings in some areas, but we do need to hear badly of investment.
For all levels: Child, up to 16 sometimes 18:
Adult : 16 to 65
Older adults: 65 plus (separate services for mental illness and dementia)

How sad to label those with mental illness as “nutters” and so hurtful for those who have personal experience themselves or of a loved one who has a mental illness.

The statistics show that most people who have mental health problems do not go around harming other people but are more likely, as has been said, to harm themselves.

Nobody is exempt from becoming mentally ill and I think compassion, understanding and support is needed.

The provision and care which is offered by NHS mental health services is inadequate, as has been said, and there are acute staff shortages. This may often be the reason why some individuals can be a danger to others because they are untreated, unsupported and unsupervised.

We should be lobbying our MPs for more resources to be available for mental health services, which are indeed a Cinderella service, possibly because of the stigma attached, even now, to mental,illness.

I just hope he adds specialists to the people who work in the hubs. I'm autistic and have adhd, getting appropriate mental health care is impossible unless I pay privately for it, unfortunately I simply cannot afford to do that.
For mental health care all I can access is 4, twenty minute phone calls to talk about either anger issues, anxiety or depression... Thats it and while I do suffer with anxiety it's a, direct result of having no support for adhd or autism. I'd say mental health services are currently laughable and hopefully hell change that.

Its a brilliant idea, I can remember negotiating for someone to spend some time on a psychiatric ward as a day patient when I was a social worker and it helped her no end.

I think there must be some money in NHS contracts currently outsourced to private companies who will have built in some profit.

When those contracts expire it would save money to bring them in-house.

What doesn't help this huge increase in those seeking mental health care are those who have jumped on this bandwagon when they are not genuine sufferers.
These people dilute the resources available to those who really need it.
A SIL of mine has a sister who has given up work as a special needs teacher because she has worked out that she gets almost as much money as she did when she was working for staying at home. The reason she is giving is mental health. There is nothing wrong with her. She won't be the only one doing this.