Jeremy Hunt’s remarks bear no resemblance to the reality of our mental health services – Barbara Keeley

Barbara Keeley
MP, Labour’s Shadow Cabinet Minister for Mental Health, commenting on
the Government’s record on Mental Health, following Jeremy Hunt’s appearance on
the Andrew Marr show, said:

“Jeremy Hunt’s
remarks bear no resemblance to the reality of our mental health services; the
Tory Government’s record on mental health has been dismal. 

“Mental
health nurse numbers have fallen, more than a quarter of CCGs underspent their
mental health budgets for 2016/17 and some children are waiting as long as
eighteen months to be treated.

“The
Tories will not be taken seriously on mental health unless they invest more in
services and ring-fence budgets, as Labour pledged to do at the General
Election.”