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*We will develop personalised budgets
*We will develop personalised budgets in social care where people can decide
for themselves what they need and how it should be provided.
*We shall extend case-management for the 18 million people with long-term
conditions.We will treble the investment in the Expert Patients Programme,
and help many more patients take control of their own care plans.
* Almost a third of people attending GP surgeries have mental health problems
and mental health occupies approximately one third of a GP’s time.
So we will continue to invest in and improve our services for people with
mental health problems at primary and secondary levels, including
behavioural as well as drug therapies.
*We shall provide safeguards for the few people with long-term mental
health problems who need compulsory treatment coupled with appropriate
protection for the public.We shall also strengthen the system for protecting
the public from offenders who have served their sentence but may still
pose a threat because they have a serious psychopathic disorder.