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Scottish Labour plan for mental health workers to be based at every GP practice

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Anas Sarwar will set out the policy today as part of a national recovery plan for the NHS which will be published at the party’s campaign launch.The move follows calls from the Royal College of General Practitioners for the Scottish Government to commit to transforming mental health with more focus on the use of mental health clinicians in primary care teams.A recent study by the Mental Health Foundation found 13% experienced distressing emotions last month — up from 10% during the first lockdown last April.It also identified a rise in those suffering loneliness and feelings of hopelessness in the past year.Sarwar said: “We can’t come through the collective trauma of Covid and go back to a system which fails people in need of lifesaving.

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