Parents arriving in A&E with ashen faces, holding their children whose bodies are skeletal and covered in cuts. Families on suicide watch. Frontline NHS workers at breaking point.
This is the reality facing too many people as a result of Conservative government failures. Hospitals are setting up their own foodbanks for staff, including nurses, to use. This is Tory Britain in 2022.
Is it any surprise that more NHS staff are suffering poor mental health? Our nurses, health visitors and support staff are taking millions of days off sick because of it each year. Mental illness costs us £117billion a year. It doesn’t make sense for ministers to continue to ignore it.
Far too often, help depends on your postcode, not your need. This is the direct result of Tory failure to properly resource mental health services.
After 12 years of Conservative mismanagement, our public services and our economy are on the brink, with growth on the floor and basic services suffering.
We need a growing economy to pay for modern, preventative, sustainable healthcare – but to grow the economy we need to start getting our public services back on track.
The next Labour Government will transform our mental health services: New staff, new services, faster treatment, prevention as our watchword. Better mental health for all.
