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Improving health based places of safety: guidance for applications for capital funding
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 17
- Place of publication:
- London
This guidance document sets out how local crisis care concordat groups can apply for funding to increase the capacity and number of health based places of safety. If someone is having a mental health crisis and they come to the attention of the police, they may need to be taken to a place of safety – somewhere that is designated as safe under the Mental Health Act. The best place of safety is in a health setting, so that people, including children and young people, get the care they need for their mental health. This funding programme aims to increase and improve health based places of safety and continue to reduce police cells being used as an alternative. (Edited publisher abstract)
Improving health based places of safety: guidance for capital funding applications
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 16
- Place of publication:
- London
Guidance setting out how local crisis care concordat groups can apply for funding to increase the capacity and number of health based places of safety. The funding programme aims to increase and improve health based places of safety and continue to reduce police cells being used as an alternative. The funding can be used to provide additional facilities to respond to people in mental health crisis; additional places to support people who are at risk of a mental health crisis; and additional vehicles to transport people to places of safety. A place of safety is somewhere that is designated as safe for under the Mental Health Act, that someone having a mental health crisis can be accommodated in. The guidance covers the details of the programme, details of the application and evaluation process. Bids must come from a local Crisis Care Concordat group and be received by 23 September 2016. (Edited publisher abstract)
Guidance for the implementation of changes to police powers and places of safety provisions in the Mental Health Act 1983
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, GREAT BRITAIN. Home Office
- Publishers:
- Great Britain. Department of Health, Great Britain. Home Office
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 33
- Place of publication:
- London
This guidance provides advice on putting into practice changes to the provisions on police powers and places of safety, in the Mental Health Act 1983. The changes relate to police powers to act in respect of people experiencing a mental health crisis to ensure their care and safety. The changes include that a police station can no longer be used as a place of safety for anyone under 18; that a police station can only be used as a place of safety for adults in specific circumstances; and a reduction of the maximum detention period to 24 hours. Sections covered in the document are: powers to remove to, or keep at, a place of safety; places that can be used as a place of safety; arrival and stay at places of safety, including period of detention; and suggestions for implementing and monitoring the changes in local areas. The final section provides a listing of relevant legislation, national standards and guidance, and national data sources. The document will be of particular interest to the police, mental health services, clinical commissioning groups and ambulance services. The guidance in not statutory. It is relevant to both England and Wales. (Edited publisher abstract)