Health News - NHS bosses say they will cut community mental health team numbers by 40 per cent

Published: 21 April, 2011
by TOM FOOT

NHS bosses say they will cut community mental health team numbers by 40 per cent.

The teams visit patients at home and provide a crucial service for people suffering with severe illness such as acute depression or schizophrenia.

The proposals are outlined in a Camden and Islington Foundation Trust report titled Improving the Quality and Outcomes of Community Services.

It reads: “There can be savings by merging teams and therefore reduction in manage­ment and infrastructure.”

The announcement comes just three days after a public consultation on cost-saving plans to close down two Camden mental health hospitals ended.

The proposed changes will be debated tonight (Thursday) in Camden Town Hall from 7pm.