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To: Local councils and government
Mental Health Crisis UK
Mental Health services in the UK are at crisis point it is desperate need of an increase in funding, restructuring and more emphasis put on how the need for these services are increasing at an alarming rate. This system is failing and people's lives are at risk from suicide and harm because of it.
Why is this important?
Mental Health services are stretched to breaking point there is a severe lack of units for both children and adults, sometimes resulting in people being held in police cells which is both ethically and morally wrong! People in crisis and their families have little to no help whilst awaiting a bed and often have to travel hundreds of miles away from home due to lack of suitable units close to home, breaking families apart for weeks and even months at a time. Community services, crisis teams and social service departments are not fit for purpose due to a lack of funding and staff shortages, the increasing demand of community care not being supplied is causing bed blocking in many units and is causing many to not receive the help they need to prevent admission in the first place. The whole system is in need of change and it needs to be made a high priority because the numbers of people in need and in crisis is rising fast!
