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“Spending on mental health is now going up in real terms after years when services were under real pressure”. This is how NHS England responded to last week’s investigation by Community Care and BBC News that showed how at least eight deaths had been linked to mental health bed shortages.
The statement was attributed to Dr Martin McShane, NHS England’s director for people with long-term conditions. It was met with surprise by some in the mental health sector. With services seemingly under severe strain, a ‘real terms’ increase (a spending boost above inflation) in funding this year would be welcome news, particularly given separate investigations by Community Care and BBC News and the Health Service Journal found mental health trusts had their budgets cut by 2.3% in real-terms between 2011-12 and 2013-14.
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/2014...claim-real-terms-rise-mental-health-spending/
The statement was attributed to Dr Martin McShane, NHS England’s director for people with long-term conditions. It was met with surprise by some in the mental health sector. With services seemingly under severe strain, a ‘real terms’ increase (a spending boost above inflation) in funding this year would be welcome news, particularly given separate investigations by Community Care and BBC News and the Health Service Journal found mental health trusts had their budgets cut by 2.3% in real-terms between 2011-12 and 2013-14.
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/2014...claim-real-terms-rise-mental-health-spending/