Submitted on Wednesday 3rd July 2019
Rejected on Friday 26th July 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Legal requirment for Mental Health to be treated Equally as Physical Health.
People often fail to receive the same access to services or quality of care as people with Physical illness. 3 in 4 people with a mental health problem in the UK receive little or no treatment. 7,000 people in the UK take their own life each year. 90% of which, have a mental health condition.
People suffering from Mental Health & showing idelisations & actions to commit suicide, are being turned away from A&E. Nursing staff in hospitals, often wrongly assume patients submitted in a mental health crisis are drunk or on drugs, and treat them with little to no care or importance. Many Pyhscatrists in Community Teams, are not educated in all Mental Health illness', thus making it impossable for them to provide standard levels of care. Standards needs to rise, to save lives.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We understand that you're concerned about mental health services, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
There's already a legal requirement for "parity of esteem" in the Health and Social Care Act 2012. You can find out more here:
www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/parity-esteem
We're not sure what else you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
There's already a petition about funding for adult mental health services, which you might like to sign if it calls for something you want to happen. You're more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/243332
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