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Early mental treatment 'saves #50m'

10 April 2014

A new report by the charity and the London School of Economics claims that over two to five years, investment in early detection services could save the NHS £50 million a year. ''Too much'' of the current budget to treat psychosis is being spent on costly inpatient care, rather than community care which can prevent people from becoming seriously unwell in the first place, the report states.

This article was published in the Guernsey News on April 10, 2014
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