The number of people suffering from anxiety or depression is set to soar in the next two decades and could overwhelm GPs and community care nurses UK-wide, experts have warned BawdenTom reports:
The number of people suffering from anxiety or depression is set to soar in the next two decades and could overwhelm GPs and community care nurses UK-wide, experts have warned.
The rise in diagnoses will significantly increase the numbers of patients needing primary care, as it is GPs and community care services which typically diagnose and treat patients for depression and anxiety, according to Toby Watt, lead author of the Health Foundation study.Professor Kamila Hawthorne, chair of the Royal College of GPs, agrees that the increase in anxiety and depression cases would put further pressure on a system already under pressure.
“Primary care is already under huge amounts of pressure. Anxiety and depression is growing and that is a big part of what GPs and primary care staff do – help people with issues relating to anxiety and depression. The study also shows we should be focusing more on prevention and early intervention to reduce the impact of illness and improve the quality of people’s lives, he points out.
“Caring for patients with mental health conditions, and appropriately referring to specialist services, is something GPs and our teams take very seriously. But to give patients with mental health conditions the care they need, we need more time – the standard 10-minute consultation is simply not long enough if we want patients to receive the help they really need and deserve.
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