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MORE suicide attempts, a surge in anti-depressant usage and pressure on the NHS will spiral under cuts to a mental health service, it has been warned.
A report sent by Yvonne Taylor, the chief operating officer of Oxford Health, that has been leaked to the Oxford Mail, states that cuts to funding in the county will see a “huge reduction” in support for 700 people with personality disorders.
Oxford East MP Andrew Smith, above, said the “savage and damaging” cuts would be an “utter disaster” for Oxfordshire. Currently, the service which was set up in 2004 helps people with long-term emotionalor mental health issues every year through group therapy sessions.
The Department of Health paid the £700,000-a-year costs until April. Then it halved funding for the current 12 months, with the Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (OCCG) putting in £250,000, leaving a £100,000 shortfall. As yet there is no funding guaranteed for the service to continue beyond April 2015.
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/11325169.NHS_cuts_branded_an__utter_disaster_/
A report sent by Yvonne Taylor, the chief operating officer of Oxford Health, that has been leaked to the Oxford Mail, states that cuts to funding in the county will see a “huge reduction” in support for 700 people with personality disorders.
Oxford East MP Andrew Smith, above, said the “savage and damaging” cuts would be an “utter disaster” for Oxfordshire. Currently, the service which was set up in 2004 helps people with long-term emotionalor mental health issues every year through group therapy sessions.
The Department of Health paid the £700,000-a-year costs until April. Then it halved funding for the current 12 months, with the Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (OCCG) putting in £250,000, leaving a £100,000 shortfall. As yet there is no funding guaranteed for the service to continue beyond April 2015.
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/11325169.NHS_cuts_branded_an__utter_disaster_/