Mental health services kept waiting for promised 'revolution' With pressure to improve mental health services and provide parity of esteem with physical health, there are challenges and benefits for the NHS and its patients.
Improving the UK’s mental health system is among the greatest challenges facing the NHS. Rising suicide rates, long waiting times for inpatient and community mental health team appointments, and people in crisis unable to find a hospital bed anywhere near home are just some of these challenges.
Mental health has never been so high profile, with politicians lining up almost weekly to declare it a priority and even the prime minister pledging earlier this year to set in motion a mental health “revolution”. However, translating rhetoric about paving the way for radical improvements and achieving “parity of esteem”, so that people in need of mental health support can expect swift, appropriate treatment on a par with physical health, is proving tricky. Continue reading... The Guardian
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