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Mental health funds must double in face of post-Covid 'tsunami'

Doctors working on the frontline of mental health services say a doubling of funding is needed to deal with the “tsunami” that will follow the Covid-19 pandemic.

Mental health funds must double in face of post-Covid 'tsunami'

Mon, 08 Jun, 2020 - 18:18

Maresa Fagan

Frontline workers such as medics have faced additional stress during lockdown

Doctors working on the frontline of mental health services say a doubling of funding is needed to deal with the “tsunami” that will follow the Covid-19 pandemic.

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