Two in five mental health trusts do not have enough staff to offer
proper care to people suffering a mental health crisis, shocking new
figures reveal today.
NHS care for people with mental health
problems is “under-resourced, understaffed and overstretched”, mental
health charity Mind warns in a damning report.
One in four Brits suffer mental health problems every year.
Yet
alarming figures obtained by Mind under the Freedom of Information Act
show 13 out of 32 trusts are failing to meet official Department of
Health rules on staff levels.
It means thousands of people with
mental health problems are at risk of not getting the urgent care in
emergencies because of a lack of staff.
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