Underfunded and under-helped, the NHS’s mental health sector is destroying our society
The NHS may receive £116.4 billion annually, yet a measly 12 percent gets given to the mental health sector and this is not enough. With 1 in 4 adults have mental health conditions, it is illogical to expect that every one of those people are able to get treatment. There has been a growth of 37%, since 2006, of middle-aged men committing suicide due to their mental health. This figure grows year by year and it will continue to if we do not act now. Do these figures alone not show that we are screaming out for our government to sort this issue out? They must protect us from these life-threatening controversies and they must do it now.
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Our personal safety is in jeopardy and due to the seriously underfunded mental health sector. This is a pressing issue that features an abundance of the time in the news. During December last year Jeroen Ensink, a lecturer, was violently stabbed to death in Islington, north London. The culprit was a student of 23 years of age and was in a psychotic rage when the abhorrent deed took place. He got little succor from authorities when he expressed to them that he was hearing voices and by not treating was a fatal error. He has now been convicted of voluntary manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility and this is not the first time an event like this has happened. The University of Manchester exclaimed that over the past 12 years there have been 870 killings by mentally ill patients in the UK. In many cases, people with severe mental health conditions such as hypomanic bipolar disorders, Schizoaffective disorders, severe depression will only receive the medical aid they critically need after they have committed a crime. It is far too little and far too late. Dr. Ensinks wife and yet to be born baby would be of the same mind that we need to act now and something drastic needs to change. Would you …show more content…
This is a harrowing figure but it’s believable considering the government seems it fit to give just £2.01 per child. Nonetheless, something has been set up to tend to the children, yet it doesn 't get sufficient funding. The child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) which is part of the NHS, offer help to young people when they have mental illnesses or need emotional support. Their work is truly commendable, yet only 0.6% of the NHS’s budget gets given to the scheme and it is shows as CAMHS shockingly reported that 95% of juvenile prisoners suffer from mental illnesses. This is quite frankly preposterous that these young children have committed prison worthy crimes before it’s realized they need help. We as taxpayers are spending over £40,000 on each of these prisoners, but the government still can 't see the distinctly noticeable factor that we could be saving millions if we simply treat people that are living with mental illnesses early on. That £40,000 alone could be better spent treating them with many more others in a healthy
The NHS may receive £116.4 billion annually, yet a measly 12 percent gets given to the mental health sector and this is not enough. With 1 in 4 adults have mental health conditions, it is illogical to expect that every one of those people are able to get treatment. There has been a growth of 37%, since 2006, of middle-aged men committing suicide due to their mental health. This figure grows year by year and it will continue to if we do not act now. Do these figures alone not show that we are screaming out for our government to sort this issue out? They must protect us from these life-threatening controversies and they must do it now.
An ever growing …show more content…
Our personal safety is in jeopardy and due to the seriously underfunded mental health sector. This is a pressing issue that features an abundance of the time in the news. During December last year Jeroen Ensink, a lecturer, was violently stabbed to death in Islington, north London. The culprit was a student of 23 years of age and was in a psychotic rage when the abhorrent deed took place. He got little succor from authorities when he expressed to them that he was hearing voices and by not treating was a fatal error. He has now been convicted of voluntary manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility and this is not the first time an event like this has happened. The University of Manchester exclaimed that over the past 12 years there have been 870 killings by mentally ill patients in the UK. In many cases, people with severe mental health conditions such as hypomanic bipolar disorders, Schizoaffective disorders, severe depression will only receive the medical aid they critically need after they have committed a crime. It is far too little and far too late. Dr. Ensinks wife and yet to be born baby would be of the same mind that we need to act now and something drastic needs to change. Would you …show more content…
This is a harrowing figure but it’s believable considering the government seems it fit to give just £2.01 per child. Nonetheless, something has been set up to tend to the children, yet it doesn 't get sufficient funding. The child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) which is part of the NHS, offer help to young people when they have mental illnesses or need emotional support. Their work is truly commendable, yet only 0.6% of the NHS’s budget gets given to the scheme and it is shows as CAMHS shockingly reported that 95% of juvenile prisoners suffer from mental illnesses. This is quite frankly preposterous that these young children have committed prison worthy crimes before it’s realized they need help. We as taxpayers are spending over £40,000 on each of these prisoners, but the government still can 't see the distinctly noticeable factor that we could be saving millions if we simply treat people that are living with mental illnesses early on. That £40,000 alone could be better spent treating them with many more others in a healthy