The United Kingdom’s first National Problem Gambling Clinic is set to open Sept. 15, reports The Guardian.
Headed by Dr. Henrietta Bowden-Jones, a consultant psychiatrist, the clinic has been given £250,000 from the gambling industry, but Dr. Bowden-Jones told The Guardian that this will only fund the clinic for one year.
“If you are hiring top clinical staff you can't employ them for just a year,” she said. “This country has needed a medical, psychiatric response to deal with the dual diagnosis within problem gambling for some time.”