The government is working towards a 'parity of esteem' between mental and physical health, and there is evidence that this approach is bearing fruit. Over 700,000 more patients received cognitive behavioural therapy through the improving access to psychological therapies programme in 2016, compared with 2015. Latest spending figures show clinical commissioning groups in England have increased their spending on mental health by 6% (compared with a growth in budgets of under 4%) and national spend on specialist mental health is up by 3%.
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