Thanks to a UK Gov. Press Release for the Headline
This will be short and sweet. We will aim now not to put mentally ill people in Prison for safe keeping and we will try and ensure that the ratio of black people is not three times higher than other defined categories of skin colour
The reform of the outdated Mental Health Act of 1983 has been completed and there will be more self determination for mental health patients and their families.
The Police will be less relied on to deal with Mental Health Patients in Crisis.
This transition will be supported by the 10 Year Health Plan which will lead to the recruitment of 8500 additional Mental Health Workers( doesn’t say what qualifications these people will have). They will deliver more talking therapies, rolling out more mental health support teams in schools and colleges and providing better access to help through the NHS App.
So there we are Crisis Care Capacity will be increased to prevent people reaching the point of needing to be detained as we shift the focus from hospital to community.
All sounds rather nice and dandy until something really bad happens.
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