NHS mental health hospitals are allowing male criminals to self-identify as women, NHS documents have revealed. Trusts in London are permitting transgender women to use female-only spaces despite ...

The map finds that Rotherham had the highest number of new referrals to children’s specialist mental health services (182 per 1,000 compared to a national average of 70).

New research has highlighted an increase in the cost of care provided by NHS Mental Health Trusts, with the highest costs seen among working-age men and residents from England's most deprived areas.

A £150 million investment over the next three years will bolster NHS mental health services, better support people in crisis outside of A&E and enhance patient safety in mental health units.

NHS England also announced a £40 million funding increase in 2021-22 to "address the Covid impact on children and young people’s mental health and enhance services across the country".

The majority of the private hospital sector’s profit has come from NHS patients, with £2.13bn spent by the NHS in 2023 – equating to 13.3 per cent of the NHS’s total spend on mental health.