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<p>Improving mental health is at the heart of this Government’s agenda and capital
investment to modernise the mental health estate is a key part of the Government’s
ambition to achieve greater parity between physical and mental health care.</p><p>The
Government has announced investments of over £400 million in improving the mental
health estate since July 2017. Most recently this included £72.3 million for Greater
Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust to develop a new adult mental health
inpatient unit and £33 million to Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust for a 40-bed low
secure unit for people with learning disabilities, both of which were included in
the £850 million capital funding for 20 hospital upgrades announced by the Prime Minister
on 5 August. In addition, the Department spent almost £19 million capital last year
on central programmes to support mental health services. This includes schemes to
deliver Perinatal Mental Health Mother and Baby Units to deliver more personalised
care to expectant and new mums with serious mental ill health.</p><p>As set out in
the new Health Infrastructure Plan on 30 September, the Government is committed to
making further strategic investments to modernise mental health facilities, which
will be confirmed when the Department receives a multiyear capital settlement at the
next capital review.</p><p> </p>
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