There is a wealth of evidence to suggest that proactive rather than reactive mental healthcare and treatment is in the interest of the NHS as well as individuals. A report by The Centre for Economic Performance shows that providing better treatments for mental illness could cut NHS expenditure on physical illnesses. A third of the patients treated for physical illnesses suffer from concurrent mental health problems, which raise the costs of physical healthcare by at least 45%. The report provides evidence of a significant saving resulting from the treatment of pulmonary disease, angina, and arthritis in conjunction with psychological therapy, that offset the money invested. But the government have so far failed to put research into practice.

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