Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Steve Webb (Liberal Democrat), on Wednesday, 22 November 2006, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 52 members in total.

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MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

That this House recognises the acute and worsening shortages in mental health services; notes that nine out of ten doctors are prescribing antidepressants because of a lack of available alternatives, despite National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines, recommending psychological therapies for many patients with depression, anxiety and schizophrenia; further notes that the Government does not provide adequate resources to care for patients in the community and that there are more mentally ill people on incapacity benefits than the total number of unemployed people on benefit; and welcomes this year's London School of Economics Depression Report, which says that expanding therapy services could be paid for by the savings this would make to the benefit bill.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

230 

Session

2006-07

Other sponsors

Danny Alexander

David Laws

Mark Durkan

Andrew George

David Leslie Taylor

Subjects

Mental health services

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk