The Government has pledged an additional £10 million towards mental health services for the upcoming winter months in a bid to deal with anticipated demand.
The boost also includes the deployment of mental health professionals to emergency call centres to help support people in crisis who may need to be signposted. The NHS will receive the equivalent of 7,000 more beds during the winter periods through the creation of new hospital beds, virtual ward spaces and other measures targeted at improving patient outflows. Meanwhile, GP services will be supported by additional social prescribing link workers and care-coordinators during the busy period. The NHS will see more call handlers be recruited, bringing the total to 4,800 staff working ...
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