Wednesday 18 May 2016

How A&E could offer round-the-clock support to mental health patients

How A&E could offer round-the-clock support to mental health patients Mental health liaison teams in every emergency department could help people in crisis and save the NHS money

If you are facing a mental health crisis, sitting in a busy accident and emergency department is unlikely to be the best place for you to be. People with mental health issues are three times as likely to attend A&E and almost five times as likely to be admitted as an emergency. But as theCare Quality Commission reported last year, their experience is not always a positive one, with many A&E departments just not geared up to offer the empathic care they need.

In February, the independent Mental Health Taskforce recommended that 24/7 mental health liaison teams – currently present in only a minority of A&E departments in England – should be rolled out across the country so that people in crisis can get specialised help at A&E when they need it. Continue reading... The Guardian

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