Why Mental Health Services Aren’t Getting Faster – And What to Do About It
Across the UK, the conversation around mental health services has become increasingly focused on capacity. More clinicians. More sessions. More funding. Yet in many NHS and independent services, access still hasn’t improved in the way we might expect. Waiting lists remain long. Patients disengage before treatment begins. Clinicians are stretched – but not always in […]
Why Integrated Mental Health Support Matters
A recent systematic review published in BJPsych Open (Abichi et al., 2026) examined outcomes for people with long-term physical health conditions accessing NHS Talking Therapies. The findings are instructive. People living with long-term conditions engaged with therapy at similar rates to those without. However, their outcomes were consistently poorer, with lower recovery rates and higher […]
