Over the next five years, millions of patients can expect to "receive the same choice and control over their mental health that they have come to expect in every other aspect of their life", through a new NHS approach.

Allowing patients to take control of how their mental health funding is spent is already transforming outcomes, writes Rebecca Barrow, Personalisation and Development Manager at Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust.

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