Black and minority ethnic mental healthcare 'unethical and unlawful'

Mental health services for black and minority ethnic communities in England 'are discriminating in a way that is arguably both unethical and unlawful', according to Rosie Winterton, minister of state for health services.

Her comments, made in a letter to strategic health authority chief executives, come on the back of revised targets and firmer performance management for primary care trusts around the recruitment of community development workers for BME mental health.
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