Signed .My experience of mental health comes from the frustrating position of caring for someone. It's often said mental health is underfunded I believe it's worse. We don't have a mental health service. We have a number of hard working people whos job it is to hand tablets out.
Actually therapy is non existent.
Be warned anyone who is sold a Tory line about decentralisation ."Care In The Community" was originally lorded as the answer and future to Mental Health provision.
Hospital places was stripped back and back and all that funding initially went into local community support and home bassed provision. Once everything was in place the old hospitals were knocked down, demonized, once there was no way back, once the experienced old hands were belittled, sacked, retired off, silenced by gagging orders ..............
The cuts began!