I was interested to see that the Department of Health and Comic Relief have given a further £20m to the Time To Change campaignhttp://www.time-to-change.org.ukWhile I am sure this campaign is effective and far reaching I can immediately think of better things to spend £20m on. Yes, it is vital to remove the stigma of mental illness and I don't want to take anything away from the TTC campaign, but with local waiting times for counselling and cognitive behavioural therapy standing at 8-12 weeks and up to 18 months respectively, it seems that we are short of many, many counsellors and therapists if we are to reach out to everyone affected by mental illness |
