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An NHS body tasked with driving improvements to England’s health and care system has been accused by campaigners of spending a ‘derisory’ amount on projects focused on improving mental health care.
NHS Improving Quality – which is hosted by NHS England – spent £224,700 on projects dedicated to improving mental health and dementia care in 2013-14, equivalent to 0.38% of the organisation’s £59m budget. The organisation said it would increase its spend on focused mental health work to £300,000 in 2014-15. The figures were released in response to a Freedom of Information request by Community Care that asked for the agency’s investment in schemes to ‘improve the quality of NHS mental health services’.
Mental health charities labelled the investment ‘derisory’ and said it conflicted with the government’s commitment to parity of esteem between mental and physical health.
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/2014...risory-investment-mental-health/#.U427T_ldWAg
NHS Improving Quality – which is hosted by NHS England – spent £224,700 on projects dedicated to improving mental health and dementia care in 2013-14, equivalent to 0.38% of the organisation’s £59m budget. The organisation said it would increase its spend on focused mental health work to £300,000 in 2014-15. The figures were released in response to a Freedom of Information request by Community Care that asked for the agency’s investment in schemes to ‘improve the quality of NHS mental health services’.
Mental health charities labelled the investment ‘derisory’ and said it conflicted with the government’s commitment to parity of esteem between mental and physical health.
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/2014...risory-investment-mental-health/#.U427T_ldWAg