Our response to the Autumn Budget

It’s deeply concerning that yesterday’s budget made no mention of mental health, and offered no commitment to the increased investment our overstretched services urgently require.

The funding for 250 new neighbourhood health centres is welcome, and measures such as raising the minimum wage and removing the two-child benefit cap will undoubtedly support people’s wellbeing.

But with mental health services already in crisis, the lack of any plan or investment to improve prevention, expand access, or strengthen support represents a serious and unacceptable omission.

Mental health remains side-lined, still not treated with the priority, urgency, or funding it desperately needs. That must change, and it must change now.