Government failing to prioritise effective mental health treatment - Gidley
Commenting on today's Mind report on conditions in mental health wards, Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson, Sandra Gidley MP said:
5 Oct 2006
Commenting on today's Mind report on conditions in mental health wards, Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson, Sandra Gidley MP said:
More than half (56%) of recent mental health inpatients rated their ward as unpleasant or very unpleasant, a survey has found.
A drug for treating the disease which is the biggest cause of sight loss in the UK could also help people regain some vision, research suggests.
Some cancer patients are facing unfair dismissal and discrimination at work, a BBC investigation has revealed.
The government has been criticised for receiving £268,000 from telephone benefit hotlines with the prefix 0845.
Commenting on today's Institute for Fiscal Studies report, which concludes that Labour's reforms of the benefit system have weakened average work incentives, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, David Laws MP said: