Professor Sue Bailey, outgoing president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, mentioned Mr Hunt had failed to get up “a great number of gives to go and see mental wellness services, little one solutions, providers for the elderly, innovative projects”.
Defending his record, he told the programme: “I am out there every week learning about these issues from physicians and nurses.
“To criticise a Health Secretary who actually goes out on the front line, rolls up his sleeves, takes component in shifts with physicians and nurses – something that has not happened previously on a regular basis – is an extraordinary issue for you to be doing.
Professor Sue Bailey informed the BBC: “It truly is a automobile crash that we are sleepwalking into. Effectively, we are not even sleepwalking, we are currently being driven into it by the way the system is run.
“We want to be acquiring income for prevention through Public Wellness England and we require much more funds for intervention.
“The sums of money that could make a big difference are not massive but they could make a huge difference.”
She added: “He has a standard comprehending of it but regardless of whether he takes it significantly, the evidence of which would be producing it a priority, then sadly not.”
Mr Hunt explained he agreed with Professor Bailey that there are “some real pressures” on psychological wellness delivery, but that the Government had global dementia summit, improved resources devoted to that concern and put into law that bodily and psychological sickness must be treated equally.
He advised the programme: “I have been to a number of mental health trusts but psychological health is not just an issue in mental health trusts, it is also an concern in dementia wards in hospitals, in GP surgeries.”
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