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Berkshire Healthcare Trust has rejected allegations it is damaging the care of people with mental health problems.

The trust has an £11.9m deficit from the last financial year and has cut and reorganised services to try to balance its budget.

But a petition to be delivered to Downing Street next week opposes the savings in psychotherapy services and the closure of 35 adult mental health in-patient beds in Berkshire.

A trust spokesperson said the savings in psychotherapy resulted from scaling back a planned expansion and needed to be seen in the context of better care elsewhere.