Proposals to limit the response to emergency mental health calls will save “well over” 10,000 officer hours a month, Metropolitan Police chief has said.
The role of managers is key to creating an inclusive and understanding work environment for women in finance roles, experts told delegates at Public Finance Live.
One in four children in England referred to mental health services last year was rejected while some waited more than two months for treatment, analysis has found.
We will never get police funding right unless we answer the bigger questions, says president of the Police Superintendents’ Association Paul Griffiths.
Police are picking up the pieces of a “broken” mental health system as well as increasingly being the first public service on the scene when people need help, inspectors warned.
The NHS and councils need to collaborate to develop a system to support children with mental health problems, the Local Government Association has said.
Hundreds of thousands of children in England will miss out on mental health support under the government’s plans to reform the service, a joint select committee has said.
The government intends to recruit an extra 21,000 mental health staff through a £1.3bn investment, it said today – although nursing leaders cast doubt on the viability of the plans.
The government does not know the extent of the mental health problem in prisons nor how much it will cost to address, the National Audit Office has found.
