Mental health is in the news again as its announced young people will get help to manage exam stress.Thats great, if they follow through and if its real help not a tick box exercise. I suspect sadly that it will go the way the rest of the Conservative mental health promises have, great big obvious U turns, full of nothing but excuses.
There were going to be more nurses and psychologists so that people got care quickly, they failed. More beds so that people don't end up in police cells, but they still do. Access to services earlier, great but they meant first level for those with milder conditions, there still isn't enough help for those needing more. Too many people have to wait for a crisis before they get care, if they are lucky!
There is a mental health crisis in this country that the government pretend to tackle by tinkering and making promises they don't keep. Any preventative measure is welcome but not at the expense of those needing treatment now, and not getting it because the Government don't deliver.
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