Poor mental health care 'ruining lives'

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Mental health care is so poor and underfunded that "lives are being ruined", a review in England says.

The report - by a taskforce set up by NHS England - said too many people were getting no help or inadequate care.

It set out a number of recommendations, including improving access to talking therapies and crisis care.

Ministers and health bosses immediately accepted the findings, promising to treat a million more people by 2020 with £1bn extra to tackle the problems.

This is to come out of the £8.4bn the government has promised to the health service this Parliament and comes on top of extra money already announced for children's services.

Prime Minister David Cameron said the plan would help put "mental and physical healthcare on an equal footing".
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