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We still need to talk: a report on access to talking therapies
- Author:
- MIND
- Publisher:
- MIND
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 40
- Place of publication:
- London
The Health and Social Care Act 2012 puts mental health on a par with physical health; and the current Mandate to NHS England requires NHS England to achieve parity of esteem between mental and physical health. The We Need to Talk coalition calls for the NHS in England to offer a full range of evidence based psychological therapies to all who need them within 28 days of requesting a referral, even sooner when someone is in need of urgent access when n a mental health crisis. This report outlines why psychological therapies are important and cost-effective. It presents findings of a survey of more than 1600 people with mental health problems who have used psychological therapies, also two focus groups of 10 participants from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities. Among findings are that more than half have been waiting 3 months or more for treatment; 58% were not offered choice in the type of therapies they received; and only one in ten felt that their cultural needs were taken into account by the services they were offered. It includes case studies of the role of local voluntary organisations in service provision. (Edited publisher abstract)