HEALTHCARE professionals, campaigners and patients gathered at a mental health crisis summit in London yesterday to discuss multiple pressures that are causing a crisis in the service.

Labour shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth said that generally mental health has been neglected and “crucially” social well-being has not been given the “priority it deserves” under the current government.

“We know the health service is understaffed and overstretched and thousands of nurses have been lost,” Mr Ashworth said.