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Jonathan Gullis MP
Stoke-on-Trent North, Kidsgrove & Talke

No Time To Wait: Mental Health Campaign

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Saturday, 19 February, 2022
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No Time To Wait

I am proud to be working with and supporting the ‘No Time To Wait’ campaign, led by my friend James Starkie with the support of The Telegraph.

The campaign aims are:

End to the postcode lottery of the number of sessions you receive – different CCGs will provide a different number of minimum sessions, so you can receive more or less on the NHS dependant on where you live. This is wrong and there should be a higher minimum number than at present. In short, mental health provision needs levelling up

Mental health nurses placed in all GP surgeries – mental health nurses will conduct the assessment once you have seen a GP. This would allow quicker access to mental health treatment in one go.Reduce the current waiting time targets. In 2019-20, 87.4 per cent of referrals started treatment within 6 weeks of being referred. This demonstrates a decrease on previous years and the situation has only get worse throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. We think, especially with the introduction of mental health nurses in GPs, the target waiting time should be improved to 2–4 weeks.

You can read about our campaign via the link below: 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/02/15/number-patients-referred-counselling-gps-falls-third-despite/?fbclid=IwAR0Dordl1BSyTlR5YwRtqdbuvy0p_GMzfo2caapsjdlrePm8C01qduHQ1gc

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