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The government must ring-fence mental health budgets.
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1,082 signatures
What the petition asks
Mental health staff numbers are not increasing at anything like the rate the government claims. The government announced additional funding for mental health, but not all the money pledged is reaching the front line. The government must agree to ring-fence mental health budgets.
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Two years ago, the government announced additional funding for mental health - £1.4 billion over five years to deliver the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health and £1.25 billion for the Future In Mind programme for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
We know however that not all the money pledged is reaching the front line. Too many Clinical Commissioning Groups – the bodies that decide how money is spent locally – are using the money for other services.
#mentalhealthmatters
We know however that not all the money pledged is reaching the front line. Too many Clinical Commissioning Groups – the bodies that decide how money is spent locally – are using the money for other services.
#mentalhealthmatters
Timeline
| 12 Dec 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 12 Jun 2018 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
1,082
Status
Closed
Opened
12 Dec 2017
Closed
12 Jun 2018
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.