Millions with mental health needs not seeking NHS help, watchdog says | NHS
Millions of people in England with mental ill-health are not seeking NHS help, and many who get it face long delays and a “poor experience”, a report says. Long waits for care will persist for years because soaring demand, exacerbated by Covid, will continue to outstrip the ability of severely understaffed mental health services to provide speedy treatment, the National Audit Office (NAO) found. Whitehall’s spending watchdog praised NHS England for expanding the amount of care that patients with psychological…