By Jemma Buckley For The Daily Mail
Published: 01:31 GMT, 25 February 2019 | Updated: 01:33 GMT, 25 February 2019
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Veterans diagnosed with mental health problems can wait up to a year for treatment, MPs warn today.
In that time, many see their condition worsen and in extreme cases some take their own lives while waiting for help, they say.
A report published today calls for a new ‘world-class centre’ to be set up specifically to treat troops with mental health problems.
![Those in the Armed Forces worry that telling superiors they are struggling with their mental health could cut short their careers, the report warned. And it said it is a ‘scandal’ only £10million a year of the NHS budget is allocated to veteran-specific mental health services [File photo]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/25/00/10231224-0-image-a-1_1551055316460.jpg)
Those in the Armed Forces worry that telling superiors they are struggling with their mental health could cut short their careers, the report warned. And it said it is a ‘scandal’ only £10million a year of the NHS budget is allocated to veteran-specific mental health services [File photo]
The MPs behind the report said the centre should be established in the next 12 to 18 months and should be comparable to Britain’s leading rehabilitation centres treating those physically wounded in conflicts.
British soldiers who survived the bloodiest summer in Afghanistan’s most dangerous battleground have been hit by a spate of suicides, a Daily Mail investigation revealed this month.
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