Mental health problems 'often undetected' in people with long-term conditions

The NHS could be wasting billions of pounds by failing to identify mental health problems among people with long-term conditions, a new report claims.

People with chronic conditions, such as diabetes or heart disease, are two to three times more likely to experience mental health problems than the general population.

But the King's Fund and the Centre for Mental Health say that mental health conditions often go undetected in these patients, resulting in poorer outcomes for patients and a high financial cost to the NHS.

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