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19 February 2022

The NHS will stop taking cash from the gambling industry to treat individuals with dependency, the NHS England nationwide psychological health director has said.

Writing to charity GambleAware, Claire Murdoch said the NHS would instead money its own gaming services from 1 April.

The betting market paid ₤ 16m to GambleAware in between April and December to assist fund treatment services.

Of this promotion code, ₤ 1.2 m was awarded in grants to NHS-run betting centers.

But Ms Murdoch stated clients were uncomfortable about utilizing services spent for by the gaming industry - and she stated that had actually "greatly influenced" her decision to decline future financing from GambleAware.

She stated market funding "has actually enabled us to roll out treatment services much faster than would have otherwise been possible", however there was a desire to move the financing into basic NHS financing.

"Additionally, our clinicians feel there are disputes of interest in their centers being part-funded by resources from the gambling market," Ms Murdoch wrote.

It comes less than a year after Ms Murdoch informed the Guardian, external that betting companies should be hit with a mandatory levy to fund treatment, as the NHS had actually been delegated "get the pieces".

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In her newest letter to GambleAware, she stated the health service can not resolve the "harms" brought by betting alone, and neither is it the NHS's "job" to do so.

Ms Murdoch said the NHS would continue to work carefully with GambleAware to establish a treatment system that is "healthy for purpose".

In 2015, the overall voluntary promises to GambleAware included ₤ 1m from William Hill, ₤ 4m from Entain and just over ₤ 4m from Bet365.

Along with the NHS treatment centres, that cash is used to money the 24-hour National Gambling Helpline.

The NHS is dealing with rising need to assist issue bettors.

Two brand-new gaming dependency centers will open in Southampton and Stoke from May, bringing the number of specialist clinics in England to 7.

According to NHS England, in between April and December in 2015, 668 individuals with the most severe gaming addiction concerns were described NHS specialist clinics.

That is a 16.2% boost from 575 during the very same period in 2020.

The betting industry makes revenues of more than ₤ 14bn a year in the UK.

A spokesperson for the Betting and Gaming Council stated the wagering market has been a "bulk funder" of research study, education and treatment for betting harm for more than twenty years.

It is approximated that around 246,000 individuals - about 0.5% of the UK adult population - are likely to have some type of addiction, with 2.2 million at threat.

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