Britain's top psychiatrist has criticized the state of mental health care in the UK as 'shameful', highlighting the immense pressure services are under. ITV News, granted rare access to a secure mental health hospital, reported on the struggles to cope with demand, including emotional pleas for improvements to prevent patients from ending up in such facilities. Becca Barry's report underscores a broader crisis in psychiatric care, characterized by 'unsafe' mixed wards, bed shortages, and inadequate safeguarding. The British Medical Association (BMA) has called for funding to be based on current needs rather than historical data, citing doctors' struggles to deliver necessary care.
Funding for mental health services should be based on current need rather than historic data, @TheBMA has said in a report on the experiences of staff. Doctors reported that they were struggling to deliver the care that patients needed https://t.co/DcpG4AjWwc
Psychiatric care 'collapsing' amid 'unsafe' mixed wards, bed shortages and poor safeguarding Read more 🔗 https://t.co/gx27tf0vEw
Powerful report by @BeccaBarry on the crisis in mental health services. https://t.co/7Wy8rRm1pM
NEW: Britain's top psychiatrist has told @ITVNews the state of mental health care in the UK is 'shameful.' We were granted rare access to a secure mental health hospital. As services come under more pressure than ever before. https://t.co/l4fS9XTLK6
Britain's top psychiatrist tells ITV News the state of mental health care in the UK is 'shameful'. @BeccaBarry reports tonight from a secure mental health hospital as services come under more pressure than ever before. https://t.co/EQ21mDajXf https://t.co/PGH1aeJx34
Inside a secure mental health hospital as services struggle to cope with demand | @BeccaBarry heard emotional pleas for more to be done to prevent patients ending up in such places https://t.co/EQ21mDajXf