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Wes Streeting: there is overdiagnosis of mental health conditions

Wes Streeting: there is overdiagnosis of mental health conditions

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  • March 16, 2025

Health secretary says too many people are being ‘written off’ and that is driving ministers’ changes to welfare

The health secretary, Wes Streeting, has said he believes there is an “overdiagnosis” of some mental health conditions as well as “too many people being written off” – factors he said were the key drive for the government’s welfare measures.

Speaking to broadcasters, Streeting was repeatedly challenged on whether ministers were leaving disabled people uninformed for too long about the plans – and whether they would freeze the personal independence payment (Pip) as part of their welfare package this week.

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