Sir Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, has announced a comprehensive plan to reform mental health services in the UK. The initiative, revealed as Dr. Dan Poulter, a former Tory MP and psychiatrist, joins Labour on Monday, aims to address the ongoing NHS crisis by recruiting 8,500 specialist mental health staff, establishing mental health support in every school, and setting up mental health hubs in every community. Starmer emphasized that the next Labour government would ensure that people are not left languishing on hidden mental health waiting lists and would provide the necessary support to get individuals back to work.
The next Labour government will deliver 8,500 specially-trained mental health staff, mental health support in every school and an open access hub in every community. With @Keir_Starmer as Prime Minister, we will give people the support they need. https://t.co/0IZxbWgl4f
Thousands of people are languishing on mental health waiting lists. Labour would tackle the mental health crisis by: ✅Recruiting 8,500 specialist mental health staff ✅Providing mental health support in every school ✅Setting up mental health hubs in every community https://t.co/9KjhwfZxXs
Labour will completely overhaul the way our country approaches mental health. My mission-driven government will get people off waiting lists and support them back to work by recruiting thousands more mental health staff. Great to have Dan on board with our plan. https://t.co/naQTfyvdLV
The next Labour government will not sit on its hands while tens of thousands of people languish on hidden mental health waiting lists. With @Keir_Starmer as Prime Minister, we will give people the support they need. https://t.co/mb3rCE7q5t
Sir Keir Starmer will vow to 'inject resource and reform' into mental health services as he welcomes MP and psychiatrist Dr Dan Poulter – who quit the Tory Party in anger over the NHS crisis – to the Labour Party on Monday https://t.co/4EyeBP1iCy