Not Enough Therapy to Go Round

Yet another story reporting GPs’ concern over the level of provision of therapy to patients – over 65% note that they aren’t able to offer treatment to patients presenting with depression within two months of seeing them. Of course this is concerning, but there is no mention (in this story) of the NHS’s preference for [...]

Asking for Help: A Curious Conundrum

In the news today, a story suggesting that up to 20% of the workload of GPs in the NHS comprises patients seeking help for minor ailments such as coughs and colds. The cost to the NHS of these unnecessary consultations is estimated at £2bn a year. Whilst this is a startling statistic, suggesting that a [...]

Lack of Support: Some of the Issues

It always saddens me when the stories about therapy and counselling services seem limited to negative accounts. It’s seems to be a fact of life in the UK at the moment that support services for people in need of emotional or psychological help is lacking, with the increase in provision of services not managing to [...]