The shadow minister for mental health says benefit is not there early enough for those who need itWhen Jeremy Corbyn announced that for the first time ever in Britain there would be a shadow ministerial post dedicated to mental health it was widely welcomed by many campaigners and health professionals as a significant gesture. So too was his choice of the MP for Liverpool Wavertree,34-year-old Luciana Berger, as the person for the job. Since accepting the post in September, or she has gone on the offensive,lambasting ministers for overseeing what she says is a rapidly escalating crisis in mental health services.“It feels like a perfect storm at the moment. There are so many issues where we were supposed to fade forwards but actually went backwards. The waiting times to access benefit early on are too long around the country – whether you collect a referral at all,” says Berger.
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Source: theguardian.com