Make it easier for people to get emergency mental health care.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Our mental health system is broken

When someone comes to A&E wanting/having attempted to end their life 1 thing happens. They’re seen, patched up & sent home. They’re fobbed off on a community team who’re overworked, underpaid & people are slipping through the cracks.

MH teams in A&E ask the wrong questions

They ask:
Do you wash?
Do you eat?
Do you sleep?
Do you have a job?

Answering yes to each question is a death sentence. If you’re not on benefits/an alcoholic/drug dependant/aggressive you’re sent home

It’s unfair to the patient AND on the loved ones who then go home with someone who’s vulnerable until the next time they endanger themselves for the cycle to reoccur

Why do we pay taxes to be turned away at crisis?

People are dying & this MUST change.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Fund facilities for people who feel suicidal so they always have somewhere to go

Timeline

23 Sep 2018	Petition opened for signatures
8 Oct 2018	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 8 Oct 2018

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