- Friday, April 26, 2024
By: Keerthi Mohan
by NADEEM BADSHAH MENTAL HEALTH services need to be overhauled after figures showed south Asians were among the least likely to show improvement from NHS treatment, experts have urged. The highest rate of improvement was shown by white men with anxiety and depression at 66.5 per cent, while patients of Asian origin had the lowest rate at 61.5 per cent, according to government data. Among minorities, 8.6 per cent of British Bangladeshi patients showed a “deterioration” in their condition, the highest percentage for any ethnic group. Campaigners have called for counselling services to be tailored to ethnic minorities and community…
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