#NHS Mental Health

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U.K. To Make Gambling Industry Pay $125 Million Towards Addiction Care

The U.K. plans to charge its gambling industry around £100m ($126m) a year to fund addiction services. Although industry donations have been increasing, previous attempts to raise funds voluntarily have garnered less than 10% of this total in recent years. Under the new rules, which are currently under consultation, online gambling firms would pay…
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U.K. To Make Gambling Industry Pay $125 Million Towards Addiction Care
GOV.UK

New support for NHS to treat gambling addiction

The NHS is set to benefit as new levy will raise an estimated £100 million of new funding for research, prevention and treatment of gambling addiction. white paper in April, the Government is now taking the next step in mandating payments from the sector by launching a consultation on the design of the proposed gambling operator levy. Currently,…
Gambling Addiction
New support for NHS to treat gambling addiction
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Leicestershire Live

Online slot machines worth more to gambling firms than sport betting

Gambling firms made over £14 billion from punters last year, as the NHS sees a record number of referrals for problem gambling. The industry's gross gambling yield (GGY) - money kept by companies after paying customers their winnings - rose by 11% last year, new figures from the Gambling Commission have revealed. It's the first rise in GGY for…
Gambling Addiction
Evening Standard

Online gambling causing surge of suicidal young men in A&E, NHS clinic says

nline gambling is causing a surge in suicidal young men turning to A&E, according to health bosses at the NHS. A 42% annual rise in demand for NHS gambling clinics has resulted in the health service needing to open another two facilities in England to cope. According to the clinical lead and consultant psychologist for the NHS Northern Gambling…
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Online gambling causing surge of suicidal young men in A&E, NHS clinic says
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NHS opens two new gambling addition clinics amid record referrals

The NHS has opened two new gambling addiction clinics - one in Stoke and one in Southampton - as new figures show that the number of people seeking help increased by over two-fifths in a year. New NHS figures published today show referrals for treatment for gambling addiction were up 42% between April and September this year, with 599 patients…
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Hypocrisy of NHS ‘Addiction Levy’ for UK Gambling

VSO News writer Owain Flanders believes an'addiction levy' for UK gambling firms would be hypocritical given the NHS's rejection of GambleAware cash. [Image: Shutterstock.com] Like most gambling markets across the globe, the UK has its fair share of addicts. Most recent estimates have suggested that around 246000 people suffer from compulsive…
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NHS Rejection of Gambling Funds Will Cost Addicts

While most of us enjoy testing our luck on gambling websites from time to time, addiction is an ongoing issue in markets across the world. This is particularly true in the UK, where estimates suggest around 0.5% of adults suffer from compulsive gambling, representing around 246000 people. 3% of these problem gamblers end up seeking help According…
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NHS Rejection of Gambling Funds Will Cost Addicts
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