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Mental Health A&E Centres to Open Across England
- The NHS will open more mental health crisis centres across England to help keep patients out of crowded A&Es, as announced by Sir Jim Mackey, the chief executive of NHS England.
- The new mental health units will provide 24/7 support for patients experiencing suicidal thoughts or psychosis, according to NHS England.
- Ten NHS trusts have already launched mental health crisis units, and the scheme will expand nationally as part of a 10-year NHS plan by the government.
- Last year, 250,000 people went to A&E for mental health crises, with one in three waiting over 12 hours, highlighting the need for these new services.
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Waseca School Board hears about Youth Mental Health Navigator program's success
On the same night as Waseca’s first ever Mental Health Resource Fair, the Waseca School Board also put mental health at the top of the agenda of its monthly meeting — fitting considering that May is Mental Health Awareness Month.
Þórarinn Freysson, a psychiatric nurse, has worked in an emergency department in London for twenty-five years. In recent years, he has specialised in working in a dedicated mental health emergency unit. The emergency unit caught the attention of the government and is now part of the Labour Party’s mental health plan. “They saw that it was working and was effective,” says Þórarinn. Extensive coverage of the mental health emergency unit can be fou…
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