Frederick Shepherd: The Covid-19 mental health crisis has arrived, and the Government must act

Almost 20 per cent of people met the criteria for depression in June 2020, compared with just under ten per cent over the past year.

Frederick Shepherd: The virus brings with it another invisible enemy. A mental health crisis.

When a drop in the curve of the virus is seen, the public’s health mustn’t be endangered by a blinkered pursuit of balancing the books.