Jamie Saving is not top of my menu
“She said she had treated NHS patients in Glasgow – and if it wasn’t available it must be because of the area we lived in.
“I wrote back to the GP saying I know you can get this treatment on the NHS and we’ll travel anywhere to get it.
“This was in March or April. Months passed and it was too late. I think she’d given up hope by that time.
“She was really deteriorating. She was sleeping days and sometimes we could barely wake her.” At
“Nobody should have to wait months to see an NHS psychiatrist or wait weeks between appointments.
“I find it difficult to blame the GPs who were involved because I feel they’re so over-burdened. I blame the system. What is it going to take for politicians to wake up and say something needs to be done?
“One in four people who go to a doctor have mental health issues. It’s a sickness like cancer but these people are not receiving treatment.
“Gemma was a beautiful and intelligent girl but couldn’t see it herself. She was working with vulnerable adults at the Richmond Fellowship and loved that job. But then it became difficult for her because of her own health spiral.
“She idolised my mum and dad’s relationship and wanted one like it.
“What happens to people who don’t have the support and network that Gemma had?
“We could have gone to a private clinic for the DBT treatment but it would have cost £250 for an assessment and £100 per treatment thereafter.
“It’s not something we could have afforded. Is it only rich people who can afford to get better? There is no provision – nothing – for people like Gemma.
“If this can help one person and raise awareness, then we’ve done something.”
Dr Gary Tanner, NHS Lanarkshire’s director of psychological services, said: “Both GP practices and NHS Lanarkshire have formal complaints processes and we’d encourage anyone to contact us in this way if they wish to raise any concerns.
“While we have not received a formal complaint, I would be happy to arrange a meeting with the family to discuss any concerns they have.”
Jamie Oliver has told how he once went bankrupt for three weeks.
The 42-year- old, who is worth £150million, admits he spent all of his money after publishing his first book 15 years ago.
He said: “I made a couple of quid from nowhere given to me by the public for buying my first book and I spent all of it and more.
“I was bankrupt for three weeks but no one knows that.
“The minute I started to make any money, I never squirrelled cash away. I have always spent my money on people and invested in people for many, many years now.”
Ear l ier thi s year, dad- of- five Jamie was forced to close six of his Italian restaurants after tough trading and the “pressures and unknowns” following the Brexit vote.
Yesterday, it emerged that he is to underwrite a debt-for- equity swap at his crumbling restaurant empire as part of a wider restructuring aimed at stabilising the business.
But his international restaurants and broadcasting, publishing and licensing businesses continue to grow.
JJamie’s combined wealth wiwith his wife Jools, 42, adds up to £240million.