We have children suffering from severe mental illness who don’t get treatment for months – Sean Duggan, Chief Executive, NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network

Keith, Camilla and David discuss the lengths they’d go to in order to raise money for charity, before talking to Sean Duggan, Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network. Sean discusses how public awareness of mental health has grown during his extensive career in the sector, and when we can expect parity of esteem between mental and physical health in the UK. He also talks about the role of charities in providing mental health services.

Good Charity, Bad Charity is presented by Keith Davis, Camilla McGibbon and David Prest. It is produced by Dan Hardoon at Whistledown and supported by the Centre for Charity Effectiveness at Cass Business School. Email: info@whistledown.net. N.B. This episode was recorded in January 2020, before the coronavirus health crisis.