Submitted on Thursday 11th March 2021
Rejected on Thursday 1st April 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Remodel mental health crisis services across the NHS
Either a separate emergency department specifically for those suffering a mental health emergency, or a dedicated team of staff to support those who have to attend general emergency departments through the long waiting times they face
People are attending A&E departments while experiencing a mental health crisis and are being faced with waiting times that are so long that they leave and attempt suicide, we need better services for these people, for many this visit to the emergency department will determine their fate.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Decisions about how to provide mental health services is a matter for individual NHS trusts, but we have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Increase funding for crisis and acute mental health services: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/559871
Immediately fund local services to prevent mental health pandemic: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/557313
Fund recruitment of additional NHS counsellors to support public mental health: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/569970
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