Luciana Berger MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Mental Health, commenting on a briefing from the King’s Fund highlighting how changes to mental health services are having a negative impact on patient care, said:

“This is yet another damning report on mental health, revealing a picture of a system that is falling deeper into crisis.

“Ministers have failed to translate their warm words on mental health into progress on the ground. Instead, they have presided over service cuts, staff shortages and widespread poor-quality care.

“It’s not enough for David Cameron to talk of ‘parity of esteem’ for mental health. He and his Government must now accept their failings and urgently set out what action they will take to put this right.”