Homelessness is on the rise in London with increasing numbers of people forced to spend a night on the streets.
Drugs and alcohol are often identified as key factors – but the link between sleeping rough and mental illness goes under the radar.
Areas with high numbers of rough sleepers are failing to provide the specialist mental health services they need, according to homelessness charity St Mungo’s.
BY: Mark Whitehead A survey of health and local authority commissioners in areas with ten or more rough sleepers on any one night found only a third were providing mental health assessment, support and treatment for adults sleeping rough. St Mungo’s have asked for an urgent meeting with health secretary Jeremy Hunt to discuss funding for […]
