Theresa presses for answers on support for mental health patients  

Theresa May has pressed NHS Berkshire for more information on the support that will be available for mental health patients and their families, following a decision to close Charles Ward at St Marks Hospital and move services to Reading. In announcing the decision, NHS Berkshire agreed to provide more support for community mental health services and also to invest £100,000 in a transport scheme to help families and carers get to Reading. Theresa has now written to the Chief Executive to ask for more detail about when these will be available. In her letter, Theresa asked the Chief Executive of NHS Berkshire, Charles Waddicor, to inform her when Charles Ward will close and to guarantee that increased community services and transport support will both be in place when this happens. She also requested more information about the funding that will be available to provide this, and how many...