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DoH announces extra £1bn in mental health care funding
The Department of Health (DoH) has confirmed an extra £1 billion will be invested in mental health care by 2021 aiming to provide a million more people with more mental health support.
The announcement is a response to the Mental Health Taskforce’s report which reviewed mental health care services and set out a series of recommendations to ensure care is more readily available.
The DoH claims that the investment will accelerate the progress of providing better services, including: increasing the money put into mental health every year since 2010, giving the NHS a record £11.7 billion last year; introducing the first ever access and waiting time standards for mental health, meaning people will get the care they need when they need it; and investing £1.4 billion to transform young people’s mental health services
Alistair Burt, minister for mental health, said: “Today’s report gives a fantastic boost to changes in mental health services, with more care available close to people’s homes. I particularly welcome the fact that young people and new and expectant mums will get the mental health care they need. For our part, we are investing more than ever before in mental health and will make sure the NHS delivers on this plan.”
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