More people face being shut out of NHS mental health services, experts warn

Calls for more funding as potential surge in demand for services in England threatens to put unsustainable pressure on system

More people will be shut out from mental health services if no new cash is invested in the next two years, experts have warned.

Sean Duggan, chief executive of the mental health network at the NHS Confederation, which represents the health and care system in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, said that a lack of long-term investment combined with a potential surge in demand due to the cost of living crisis would cause unsustainable pressure on the system.