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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rachel Hall

Mental health charities struggling to cope with GP-referral influx

Amercine Maneely.
Amercine Maneely declined ‘one-to-one support’ for her daughter from a charity worker who was not qualified in psychotherapy or counselling. Photograph: Fabio De Paola/The Guardian

Mental health charities in England are struggling to cope with the number of sick patients referred to them by GPs, with under-qualified professionals increasingly tasked with treating the seriously ill.

Experts told the Guardian that some desperate GPs were “signposting” patients to services not always equipped to deal with them.

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