Require mental health support in schools and more funding in community services · petition

What the petition asks

Funding for inpatient mental health services is lacking and prevention is better than cure. Early intervention is vital for reducing suicide as a leading cause of death in teenagers. If mental health support in schools improved, the number of people in hospitals would reduce.

It is common for people to have wait times exceeding several months for beds in appropriate hospitals and years for support in the community. I waited months for a hospital to accept me and it was over 220 miles away from my home. I am very grateful for the treatment I have had and continue to receive, however, better community services and more rapid access may have prevented my need for hospitalization. There are many issues in the system I want to bring attention to and hope you recognize the need for improvement.

Why it was rejected

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

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Give the NHS more funding for mental health support: Give the NHS more funding for mental health support

Increase funding for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Increase funding for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Make ‘Mental Health Studies’ a separate subject in the National Curriculum: Make ‘Mental Health Studies’ a separate subject in the National Curriculum

Mandatory Mental Health Training for all educational and early years staff: Mandatory Mental Health Training for all educational and early years staff

Create a statutory Mental Health & Wellbeing Policy for all schools & colleges: Create a statutory Mental Health & Wellbeing Policy for all schools & colleges

Timeline

7 Aug 2022	Petition opened for signatures
9 Aug 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee