Rejected petition Stop Cutting Mental health beds in the UK. Mental health needs more funding!!

Mental Health Beds in the UK has been cut by 60% by the NHS. These people are staying in police cells where there condition will get worse. The NHS must do more for mental health patients, More funding, more beds and more support. Families have to travel over 300 miles to see their loved ones.

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Mental health is important and is usually misinterpreted for crime. This is not the case. We need support and funding from the government. The government has already cut ESA money by £30 a week and now we are getting less beds. ITV news 30/11/2016 has provided these details

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/154945

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/163739

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Date submitted 30 November 2016
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