Get the government to invest more money in mental health to lower waiting times.

Closed 41 signatures

What the petition asks

Currently the wait to receive mental health treatment for mental illness is approximately 56 weeks (or more), without interim support, where people are now in & out of the crisis team at A&E more & more. Funding needs to increase & the waiting times need to come down before people turn to suicide!

1 in 4 people at some time in their life will be diagnosed with a mental health issue. However, 75% of those 1 in 4 will be left in the system for over a year to struggle on their own without access to interim support.

http://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/statistics-and-facts-about-mental-health/how-common-are-mental-health-problems/

Timeline

6 Apr 2016	Petition opened for signatures
6 Oct 2016	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 41

Status Closed

Opened 6 Apr 2016

Closed 6 Oct 2016

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