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The health secretary has launched an investigation into mental health scandals across the country – prompted by The Independent’s reporting on deaths and abuse of vulnerable patients.
The majority of the private hospital sector’s profit has come from NHS patients, with £2.13bn spent by the NHS in 2023 – equating to 13.3 per cent of the NHS’s total spend on mental health.
Southport killer Axel Rudakubana was under the care of an NHS mental health service for about four years before he "stopped engaging", a hospital trust has said. Alder Hey Children's NHS ...
Mental health services were not integrated with physical health services when the NHS was established in 1948. Shortages of money, staff and buildings continued. Confederation of Health Service Employees organised an overtime ban in 1956, the first national industrial action in the NHS.
In 2006 the Mental Health Policy Group at the LSE published 'The Depression Report', commonly referred to as the Layard Report, advocating for the expansion of psychotherapy on the NHS. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] This facilitated the development of IAPT initiatives, [ 26 ] including two demonstration sites (pilot studies) and then training schemes for new ...
About 25% of NHS mental healthcare beds in England were provided by the private sector, and 98% of their earnings came from the NHS. [21] In August 2022 there were 238 independent NHS mental health providers licensed by the Care Quality Commission in England. 64 were rated either “require improvement” or are considered “inadequate”.
National review, prompted by an Independent investigation, suggests lack of staff is major contribution to failings
NHS mental health and learning disability services in the county are now provided by Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust and Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Mental health patients from Manchester were transferred to private clinics, many in remote locations, more than 670 times between 2013 and 2015. Manchester Mental ...