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NHS vows to transform mental health services with extra £1bn a …

People facing mental health crises will be able to get community care 24 hours a day, seven days a week as part of the biggest transformation of NHS mental health services in England for a generation. A wide-ranging set of …

Figures show fall in funding to mental health trusts « Shropshire Star

Hospital trusts' operating budgets rose by 2.6%, the charity Health Foundation said, in contrast to the Health and Social Care Act 2012's emphasis on the importance of mental health alongside physical well-being.

Some Patients Given Antidepressants Have Undiagnosed Bipolar …

Around 10 percent of primary care patients who are prescribed antidepressants for depression or anxiety have undiagnosed bipolar disorder, according to a new UK.

The U.K. Is in the Grip of a Mental Health Care Crisis | Care2 Causes

With news that the number of serious mental health-related emergencies in the U.K., including people attempting to or taking their own lives, has rocketed in the past few years, it's time to admit that government cuts teamed …

Mental health crisis takes huge and increasing share of police time …

UK police are spending as much as 40% of their time dealing with incidents triggered by some kind of mental health issue, against a backdrop of severe cuts in social and health services, the Guardian has learned. Research …