A&E is not always the right place for someone experiencing a mental health crisis and it can even be stressful or traumatising. We want to reduce the number of mental health patients we take to A&E. Their needs can often be met just as effectively, or even more so, in their own homes, in the community or in alternative care or services.
Our Service has a team of more than 40 clinicians experienced nurses, social workers and occupational therapists. These specialists work across London in mental health joint response cars and in the Service’s emergency control room, providing remote clinical assessment to patients with mental health issues and referral into services closer to home.
