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Planned mental healthcare improvements 'long overdue' says MP

News of a task force to look into young people's mental health services has been welcomed by the MP for Exeter - who says he's been calling for action for three years.


Ben Bradshaw has been raising concern about young patients in Devon being sent far from their homes for treatment, and the placing of young people in adult psychiatric wards.

The task force has been set up after the deputy prime minister criticised the system for the same failings that were highlighted by Mr Bradshaw

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