Need for mental health support only growing as RedArc turns 25

Makes up 15% of workload

Jaskeet Briah
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RedArc Nurses has reported a surge in demand for its mental health support services, marking one of the largest growth areas for the company.

While request for support was "virtually non-existent" in its start-up days, mental health services now make up 15% of RedArc's workload, the firm stated. To meet this increasing demand, RedArc has created a department of registered mental health nurses. As it celebrates its 25th anniversary, RedArc said it has witnessed a 17-fold jump in overall referrals for its services. RedArc has supported around 40,000 people from insurance companies, affinity groups, cashplans, trade unions and police federations to date, and it has provided over 11,000 courses of therapy, counselling or equipm...

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