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<p>We are providing record levels of investment and increasing the mental health workforce
to expand and transform National Health Service mental health services, to expand
access and reduce waiting times. Between 2018/19 and 2023/24, NHS spending on mental
health has increased by £4.6 billion in cash terms, as compared to the target of £3.4
billion in cash terms set out at the time of the NHS Long Term Plan. The plan committed
to grow the mental health workforce by an additional 27,000 staff between 2019/20
and 2023/24. We are making positive progress, delivering two-thirds of this, approximately
17,000, by September 2023, with further significant growth expected by the end of
this financial year.</p><p>The NHS is also working towards implementing five new waiting
time measures for people requiring mental healthcare in both accident and emergency
and in the community, for both adults, and children and young people. This includes
working towards improving the quality of data that we have on waiting times for people
requiring mental healthcare in both accident and emergency and in the community. NHS
England began publishing this new data in 2023 to improve transparency and drive local
accountability.</p>
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