The spending reduction comes despite confirmation that one in five people aged 16-64 in England now have a common mental health condition.
    • phutatorius@lemmy.zip
      4·
      11 days ago

      And some media outlets would love Streeting as PM. Like this kind of gutting of the NHS? Streeting’s your boy.

  • Obinice@lemmy.world
    12·
    12 days ago

    I was barely aware they ‘funded’ mental healthcare at all, it’s been on life support for years.

    I’m on various years and years long mental health waiting lists, I’m sure they’ll get even longer if they reduce the £5 a week they bother to throw at mental healthcare.

  • TheEmpireStrikesDak
    71·
    12 days ago

    As if mental health care in this country isn’t already a joke. Why is this man given any power at all?

    • meejle@piefed.worldEnglish
      6·
      12 days ago

      Because his job is to scapegoat mentally ill, neurodiverse, disabled, and trans people, so his boss can continue ruining their lives without people getting mad at him.

  • wewbull@feddit.ukEnglish
    41·
    12 days ago

    Increased budget, but not increased as much as everything else.

    Still pants, but less pants.