Tuesday 28 January 2020

Funding crisis stops referrals to veterans' mental health charity

Funding crisis stops referrals to veterans' mental health charity Combat Stress says decision to turn down new cases was taken ‘with great sadness’

A mental health charity for military veterans is no longer able to take new cases in England or Wales because of a funding crisis.

Combat Stress said its income has fallen from £16m to £10m in this financial year partly because of a cut in its NHS funding support, and said the decision to turn down new cases had been taken “with great sadness”. The Guardian

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