Anne Milton comment on NAO report into mental health services

Commenting on the National Audit Office report on the role of Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment teams in mental health, Anne Milton, Shadow Minister for Health, said:

“Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment teams are a vital part of mental heath services. What’s clear is that the effective roll-out of these services are, at best patchy across the country and yet these teams not only deliver crucial support during a crisis, they allow people to stay out of hospital making recovery much quicker.

“Yet again in the NHS we’re seeing misplaced short-tem savings being put ahead of long term benefits. The Government’s NHS plan in 2000 made CRHT services a national priority but what we’re seeing is another failure to deliver on promises made - people with mental health problems need and deserve better.”