22-11-2017 19:27 via huffingtonpost.co.uk

Abandoning Mental Health Plan Would Represent 'Catastrophic Betrayal'

NHS boss Simon Stevens recently warned that without additional money, plans to improve cancer and mental health treatment were in danger. So it felt like there might be cause to celebrate when the Chancellor Philip Hammond announced £10bn capital spending for the NHS in addition to £2.8bn extra for NHS England.But look a little more closely and it’s the same old problem: another Budget, another disappointment for mental health and for the NHS. As Sir Malcolm Grant, chairman of
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