Care services minister Paul Burstow has outlined his vision for a revised mental health strategy, in an opinion piece for Community Care.
In it he says he wants to put mental health on an equal footing with physical health and focus more on the factors that cause mental illness.
While these sentiments are to be welcomed I wonder how they can be squared with a government that seems to be taking such relish in cutting public services.
I also think his criticisms of the previous government's record on mental health were a little unfair as I thought it was an area where they made some progress.
In it he says he wants to put mental health on an equal footing with physical health and focus more on the factors that cause mental illness.
While these sentiments are to be welcomed I wonder how they can be squared with a government that seems to be taking such relish in cutting public services.
I also think his criticisms of the previous government's record on mental health were a little unfair as I thought it was an area where they made some progress.

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