Government to Put Mental Health Workers in Jobcentres

Mental health co-ordinators are to be based in Jobcentres around the country to help people with conditions such as depression to find and stay in work, the Government said.

Ministers announced a new vision for mental health services that aims to reduce the £40 billion cost to the economy of conditions that are often “shrouded in mystery, stigma or simply forgotten”. Advice lines for small businesses will also offer employers direct access to occupational health professionals in nine pilot schemes.

The Government said that there would be no new money to support its New Horizons strategy, insisting that at least £5 million in funding could be found out of existing budgets.'

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