People with mental health problems are being denied the benefits of direct payments because of a lack of staff knowledge and inadequate information from councils, a Rethink Mental Illness report has warned.
One hundred per cent of direct payment users surveyed by Rethink recently said that having a cash payment to fund their care needs had had a positive benefit on their lives. However, direct payment take-up rates for the client group remain low.
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