Submitted on Friday 7th August 2020
Rejected on Thursday 13th August 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Reinstate face-to-face mental health services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Please reinstate face-to-face mental health services, with social distancing & PPE, to prevent more lives being lost.
Most mental health services in this country have had to suspend face-to-face services- a gross assumption that the services are not essential enough to keep going as they were.
Lockdown has had a negative impact on the mental health of many.
Especially for those already suffering from poor mental health, and for those most at risk- those who are already lonely, those who are already struggling financially, and those whose ‘homes’ are abusive or unsuitable, just to name a select few.
Both the Samaritans and the U.K. police force have expressed concerns about an alarming increase in suicides and suicide attempts. This is unacceptable and requires immediate action.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Decisions about how to provide mental health services during are operational matters for NHS England, individual NHS Trusts and other providers of mental health services, not the Government or House of Commons.
In July NHS England’s National Mental Health Director said that face to face appointments are still possible for those who need them, but arrangements for the provision of mental health services will differ from location to location: www.england.nhs.uk/blog/the-nhs-is-here-for-your-mental-health/
We have published a number of petitions calling on the Government to increase support for mental health services due to Covid-19, which you might like to sign:
Emergency funding increase for mental health services due to Covid -19 pandemic: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307724
Fund more support for mental health: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300585
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