Speed up efforts to improve poor mental heath care in NHS, say MPs

Speed up efforts to improve poor mental heath care in NHS, say MPs A report by the all-party parliamentary group on mental health says there is little evidence of progress towards parity with physical health.

Progress in ending “institutional bias” against mental health patients in the NHS is unacceptably slow and must be accelerated in the next parliament, a cross-party group of MPs and peers has said.

Despite pledges to achieve parity of esteem with physical health, a report by the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on mental health says that people with mental health problems receive substandard care that would not be tolerated elsewhere in the NHS. Continue reading... The Guardian