England’s ambulance crews spend 1.8m hours a year on mental health callouts

England’s ambulance crews spend 1.8m hours a year on mental health callouts Ambulance crews in England are spending 1.8m hours a year – the equivalent of 75,000 days – dealing with patients with mental health problems, new NHS figures reveal.

Labour’s Dr Rosena Allin-Khan said the data showed that lack of help for people experiencing mental ill health was adding to the strain on the hard-pressed ambulance service. The Guardian