"We'd rather not be in a position where we have to close the YoungPeople's Service, but hopefully we've put as much in place as we can tomitigate the impact," admits Karen Mason, director of communications andpublic involvement for Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire PrimaryCare Trusts.
The decision to close the Young People's Service, which is provided bythe Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Partnerships NHSTrust, is part of a series of cuts to claw back 3m of the primarycare trusts' 20.9m projected deficit.
Financial recovery
Mason reveals that the primary care trusts have been overspending by4m on mental health services: "It is a difficult time locally,and it's not just mental health services that are being affected," sheadds. "But there is a massive financial recovery plan behind all ofthis."
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