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<p>As part of its NHS Long Term Plan, NHS England has made a commitment to invest
in clinics to help more people with serious gambling problems. NHS England published
its Long Term Plan Implementation Framework on 5 July 2019. The projected funding
for gambling clinics was not separately identified and will be provided at a later
date.</p><p>The first National Health Service gambling clinic for children will open
this year as part of a new network of services for addicts being rolled out. Up to
15 new NHS clinics will be opened over the five years, starting with the NHS Northern
Gambling Service in Leeds and two satellite sites in Manchester and Sunderland.</p><p>GambleAware
has indicated that it plans to provide over £1 million annually to the Leeds and York
Partnership NHS Trust to fund the NHS Northern Gambling Clinic in Leeds, and £382,000
to the National Problem Gambling Clinic in London in 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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