Sunday, 3 October 2010

We must all learn how to care for one another

This is an excellent piece by Nina Lakhani at the Independent.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/exclusive-britains-163100bn-mental-health-crisis-2096372.html

There's a new report that shows that mental health costs £100 billion a
year. I'm not sure how the figure is derived but it'll become the one
that's the sound bite repeated for the next few years.

It's a strange thing to put a cost to. To me it's like putting a cost on
misery.

It seems mental healthcare is focused on those worst off and it's not
really able to offer a lot to people who are current service users.

I couldn't have put it better than Rufus May's response.
"We must all learn how to care for one another"

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/rufus-may-we-must-all-learn-how-to-care-for-one-another-2096373.html

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