Government accused of ’empty promises’ on mental health as NHS plans to slash funding

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New figures reveal half of CCGs plan to reduce proportion of their budgets spent on mental health

Cash-strapped Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in England said they will reduce the proportion of their budgets spent on offering mental health support in 2017/18, despite previous commitments from Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt that spending would increase.