Ministers should order police forces in England to keep attending mental health calls until more funding is in place for the NHS to plug the gap or risk further deaths, a charity is urging. Rethink Mental Illness has written to the home and health secretaries asking them to immediately pause the right-care-right-person scheme, which allows… Continue reading Police in England must keep answering mental health calls, charity urges | Mental health
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Families caring for dementia patients in UK reaching crisis point, says charity | Dementia
Soaring numbers of families struggling to care for someone with dementia have hit a “crisis point” with nowhere to turn for help when their loved one puts themselves or others at risk of harm, a charity has said. More than 700,000 people in the UK look after a relative with dementia. Many feel they can… Continue reading Families caring for dementia patients in UK reaching crisis point, says charity | Dementia