THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ACCESSING TALKING THERAPY THROUGH THE NHS FOR CONDITIONS SUCH AS ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION HAS INCREASED BY 21.5 %
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THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ACCESSING TALKING THERAPY THROUGH THE NHS FOR CONDITIONS SUCH AS ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION HAS INCREASED BY 21.5 %
equivalent of 75,000 days – attending to patients with mental health problems .
Where support is provided , systems are often siloed and the different services and support options can be confusing and exhausting to navigate . The creation of pathways that integrate and talk to each other is timeconsuming and difficult to achieve , but essential so that people don ’ t fall between gaps or have to tell their story multiple times .
We also need to improve equality of access to services – we know that certain demographics struggle to access treatment , perhaps because of stigma within certain communities , because of digital poverty or
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