[DanBC]

Currently mental health treatment in the UK is under severe pressure, and it's going to get worse if the conservatives win.

However:

> Here in the UK, most people with moderately severe depression or anxiety have to wait several months to get access to CBT

Here's the data for Jan 2017: http://www.content.digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB23831

> 90.2 per cent waited less than 6 weeks and 98.7 per cent waited less than 18 weeks to enter treatment

Most people wait less than 6 weeks to start treatment.

I agree about the rest of your comment: the CBT model should be 12 to 14 weeks of one hour sessions face to face with a therapist (we're not sure if the experience level of the therapist makes much difference), and many people are getting a much reduced version of this: 6 to 8 weeks, of 45 minute sessions, sometimes in groups or over the phone.