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Proceeding contribution from Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 10 January 2007. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Mental Health Bill [HL].


Mental Health Bill [HL]

A great many switches in resources are taking place. To single out mental health and to suggest that all the money is being taken from mental health services is, if I may say so, a rather gross exaggeration. The health service clearly has to live within its means. That is why we are requiring it not to be in deficit at the end of this financial year. It involves some difficult decisions that affect not just mental health services but others as well. I invite the noble Baroness to accept that we are in the middle of the largest increase in NHS funding in our lifetime and that mental health services have benefited as a result.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
688 c280 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Codes of practice Consent to medical treatment Community care Medical treatments Mentally disordered offenders Patients' rights Psychiatric patients Mental health services Mental health Psychiatric hospitals Testing Social services
Legislation
Mental Health Bill (HL) 2006-07
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk