Mental health care postcode lottery ‘is risking lives’ Data from NHS talking therapies programme shows patients waiting more than three months for treatment
People with mental health problems are being forced to wait 112 days for treatment through the NHS’s talking therapies programme – despite a supposed six-week maximum wait.
Delays in care facing those with anxiety and depression are so long in some parts of England that they could lead to people taking their own life, a leading expert in mental health has warned. The Guardian
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