Mental health services are to receive an additional £600m in state funding in a drive by the government for more people to have access by 2020.
In his Autumn Statement, the Chancellor said: "In the last parliament we made a start by laying the foundations for equality of treatment, with the first ever waiting time standards for mental health," the chancellor said.
"Today, we build on that with £600m additional funding - meaning that by 2020 significantly more people will have access to talking therapies, perinatal mental health services, and crisis care."
The chancellor also pledged that the government would work with NHS England's Mental Health Taskforce to set out transformative plans.
