Mental health services will need 50% spending boost by 2010/11

Spending on mental health services needs to increase by 50% in real terms in order to fully implement government policy, the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health (SCMH) has warned.Public spending on adult mental health services reached £4.9bn in 2005/06, representing an unprecedented 7% a year real terms increase since 1999/2000. However, a report published by…