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CCGs plan to halve spending on mental health
Liverpool MP Luciana Berger has revealed that half of local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) plan to reduce the amount of their budget spent on mental health.
64 of the 129 CCGs who responded to a freedom of information request plan to reduce the proportion of their finances spent on mental health, despite the government promising to increase funding in mental health services.
NHS England’s planning guidance for 2017-19 stated that all CCGs are required to increase spending on mental health by at least as much as their overall budget increase.
Berger, a campaigner for mental health, said: “Theresa May claims to be committed to improving mental health but her cuts are harming mental health services. Ministers must ask themselves how long this can be allowed to go on for. They are overseeing a system which puts patients at risk and staff under unbearable pressure. Enough empty promises. At the very least [Health Secretary] Jeremy Hunt must urgently introduce a ring-fence around mental health budgets.”
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