Shocking figures show how the Tories are destroying mental health services

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Budget cuts to mental health services are deadly, and are driving people to the edge.

Shocking figures show how the Tories are destroying mental health services

BY:SAM WOOLFE   HEALTH,   UK   The latest figures show that the number of mental health nurses has dropped by 15% since the Conservatives came to power in 2010. Royal College of Nursing (RCN) chief executive Janet Davies said: These numbers make it very clear why so many mental health patients are simply not getting the care they […]

Number of NHS mental health nurses has fallen by 15% under Tories

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Since Conservatives came to power in 2010, number of specialist nurses has fallen from 45,384 to 38,774

Number of NHS mental health nurses has fallen by 15% under Tories

  Denis Campbell Health policy editor The Royal College of Nursing claims the figures proved ministerial pledges of recent years were not being delivered. Photograph: UIG via Getty Images   The number of mental health nurses working in the NHS has dropped by almost a sixth since the Conservatives came to power in 2010, figures […]