With Mental Health Awareness Week 2023 having taken place from 15-21 May and focusing on anxiety, what advances have there been in this field to support those with mental health conditions? We examine the status of mental health therapy demand in the UK and whether the provision of digitally enabled treatments could be one way to help ease waiting times.
A fund of over £113 million has been announced today (28 November 2022) to develop innovative medicines and diagnostics for cancer, obesity, mental health and addiction in the UK population.
Wellcome has awarded £1.8m to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) so that they can investigate and produce guidance on regulation of digital mental health tools.
