Why this matters<\/strong><\/p>\nLiaison mental health services\u00a0play a valuable role in supporting people in a crisis, as well as adults and older adults who have both mental and physical health problems in a general hospital setting. They can help people to avoid lengthy stays in hospital and can speed up discharge.<\/p>\n
Our aims<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Making sure thousands more people can get support where and when they need it, with the ambition that ultimately no one who needs mental health support will be turned away<\/li>\n
- Making sure that no-one in a mental health crisis ends up in a police cell \u2013 Reducing the numbers of people in police custody needing a place of safety during a mental health crisis remains a priority and at 1%, our\u00a0rate is 5 times lower than the rest of England & Wales. We have a mental health tactical advice service which employs mental health nurses is supporting frontline police officers.<\/li>\n
- People presenting with a mental health need in A&E departments and on physical health wards will have access to a swift and compassionate assessment of their mental health needs and high-quality National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommended care, any time of the day or night, every day of the week, in whichever general hospital they attend in Greater Manchester, with their mental health needs identified and treated during the hospital admission or during follow-up in community mental health services<\/li>\n
- General hospital staff will be able to better support people with mental health problems, through training, support and formal and informal networks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Liaison Mental Health<\/strong><\/p>\nThere\u2019s a national directive that no acute hospital is without an all-age liaison mental health service in A&E departments and inpatient wards by 2021 and that:<\/p>\n
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