Rejected petition The Reform of Mental Health Services

•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

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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.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

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: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302995

Fund more support for mental health: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300585

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 7 May 2020
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