The Reform of Mental Health Services

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

•Instant support to individuals threatening suicide
•Police - Retraining
•Crisis teams dispatched to suicidal individuals
•Safe buildings
•Access to a support worker
•Psychiatric evaluation to receive medication offered instantly.
•Non-urgent waiting times and responses maximum 1 week

The NHS website states ‘consultant-led mental health services are covered by the NHS 18-week maximum waiting time.’ Following some research, statistics show that suicide rates in the UK are at an all time high with a rise of 11.8% in 19 years, with young people (aged between 10 and 24) adding the most to this figure. It is thought that with the current pandemic, the suicide numbers are set to increase. I personally have experienced the lack of resources offered by the NHS and it needs to change.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

The NHS, not the Government, is responsible for providing mental health services, but we have published the following petitions which you might like to sign:

More funding to ensure the safety of patients in the mental health system: More funding to ensure the safety of patients in the mental health system

Fund more support for mental health: Fund more support for mental health.

Timeline

7 May 2020	Petition opened for signatures
22 Jul 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 22 Jul 2020

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