Number of mental health nurses falls 10%

Number of mental health nurses falls 10% Labour attacks government over ‘shocking’ English figures, which show workforce shrank as demand for services surged

The number of specialist mental health nurses has fallen more than 10% over the past five years, the Guardian has learned, putting the care of rising numbers of patients at risk.

The loss of one in 10 of the entire mental health nursing workforce in England has occurred mainly in hospitals and mental health units treating some of the sickest patients, official NHS figures show.
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See also:

• I wish I could do more to protect your loved ones in mental health crisis The Guardian
• 'I didn't matter': the long wait for mental health treatment The Guardian