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"The Metropolitan police will no longer attend emergency calls related to
mental health incidents, the force’s commissioner has said.
In a letter seen by the
Guardian, Sir Mark Rowley says he will order his
officers not to attend thousands of calls they get every year to deal with
mental health incidents.
Rowley has given health and social care services a deadline of 31 August before
the force starts its ban, which will only be waived if a threat to life is
feared.
The Met chief believes the move is necessary and urgent because officers are
being diverted from their core role of fighting crime and patients who need
medical experts are being failed when a police officer attends instead.
The plan could cause consternation among ambulance workers, paramedics and NHS
staff who are already under pressure as a result of cuts and at a time when
mental health services are already stretched."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
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