NHS England and health regulator Monitor are imposing a 1.8% cut in tariff prices for community and mental health providers in 2014/15. Acute providers face a reduction of 1.5%.
In a joint letter published today in The Guardian, The Mental Health Foundation, Rethink Mental Illness, Mind, the NHS Confederation Mental Health Network and the Centre for Mental Health and the Royal College of Psychiatrists said the cut “completely contravenes the Government’s promise to put mental and physical health care on an equal footing.”
The letter comes as charity Mind warned that tens of thousands of people with mental health needs have been denied social care support due to local authority cuts and research by Rethink mental illness revealed cuts to early intervention psychosis teams.
This has to be a false economy.
If people with mental health issues are not supported and treated, it could cost lives and most certainly lead to more acute hospital admissions.
Instead of cutting corners we should be improving services.
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