Britain's top psychiatrist Simon Wessely challenges Government to ring-fence mental health spending

Britain's top psychiatrist Simon Wessely challenges Government to ring-fence mental health spending Britain’s top psychiatrist has challenged the Government to ring-fence spending for a comprehensive set of new waiting times targets that experts believe could finally achieve equality for mental health patients in the NHS.

Professor Sir Simon Wessely, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych), said that claims from a former health minister that the new standards – the core recommendation of a recent landmark report – have no funding to back them up, were “crushingly disappointing”. The Independent