NHS chiefs forced to rely on £1m handout from Help For Heroes to aid traumatised veterans stuck on nine-month waiting list
The charity stepped in to try to slash the waiting list for war veterans who need life-saving counselling
STRUGGLING NHS chiefs have been forced to rely on massive charity bailouts to cut a NINE month wait to treat traumatised troops, The Sun can reveal.
Frontline doctors are so cash-strapped they have been forced to go cap in hand for the emergency measure to fund life-saving counselling.
Forces charity Help For Heroes has shelled out more than £1m in the last year alone in grants to tackle PTSD and other mental health conditions that have afflicted Iraq and Afghan vets.
The Sun’s revelation sparked fresh uproar among MPs last night, who dubbed it “quite extraordinary” that the Government is again failing its struggling war heroes.
It comes just hours after PM Theresa May personally championed Mental Health Awareness Week in the Commons during PMQs.
Help For Heroes awarded a £518,000 grant to Veterans’ NHS Wales, £431,109 to Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, and a further £178,000 to vets mentoring scheme Change Step Project.