Lack of mental health and illness services is due to a lack of supply i.e. not enough clinicians. How it is delivered (or not) is orthoganal. The lack of clinic

Lack of mental health and illness services is due to a lack of supply i.e. not enough clinicians. How it is delivered (or not) is orthoganal. The lack of clinicians may be related to pay, working conditions, brexit. I mostly believe that in the UK, the idea of 'getting therapy' is not as culturally universally accepted as the US, so has largely not been considered neccesary by society (see 'keep a stiff upper lip'). That is changing, especially amongst the young, but it will take a while for people to want and move into those jobs. Source: someone who is willing and able to pay for services, but cannot find them