We Will See More Shocking Cruelty to Mental Health Patients Under Liz Truss’ Cuts
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When a system is stretched so thin, then inevitably at some point its worst failings will all fail together and you have a breakdown, as occurred at Edenfield. The only surprise is that it does not happen more often. The explanation is the work of doctors like Ben Cave who paper over the cracks in the system.
Up to now there have been enough good people left in the service to keep it operating, but the cracks in it are getting wider. For an individual suffering from mental illness, the chances of a personal disaster – such as incorrect medication or the lack of any emergency response in the event of a breakdown – is growing greater.
With a government seeking efficiency savings from a health service already skinned to the bone by austerity over the last dozen years, the likely prospect is more, not less, places like Edenfield.
