Legal & General has welcomed government plans to increase access to treatment for mental health conditions and adopt approaches successfully used by group risk providers.
The announcement has also been applauded by the NHS Confederation, but it warned that it will need resources to develop it correctly and that NHS cuts could have a negative impact. Coalition proposals centre around an additional £400m to fund psychological therapies that would include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), counseling for depression and interpersonal psychotherapy access for anyone who needs them. Diane Buckley, managing director of group protection at Legal & General was pleased to see the government recognising the impact of mental health conditions and noted that the ...
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