More than 150 walk-in hubs for people to seek immediate support for mental health care are to be opened across England - with some in easily accessible locations like high street banks and libraries.
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More than 150 walk-in hubs for people to seek immediate support for mental health care are to be opened across England – with some in easily accessible locations like high street banks and libraries.
The Health Secretary Yvette Cooper said it would help to prevent more people from reaching crisis as well as cutting the waiting time for care in England. But there doesn’t seem to be any new money or more staff.
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The community centres are set to offer walk-in support where members of the public can attend without needing a medical referral
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the new centres will be a 'lifeline' for the thousands of people who are waiting months for help.
A raft of new mental health centres are to open in libraries, banks and other high street locations across England to get people…
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These 159 new mental health centres, some of which will have their own buildings and others will be based in high street settings.
The shake-up is being billed by the new government as the "biggest redesign of mental health services in a generation" to prevent…
