Patients 'struggle to get emergency mental health care'

People with urgent mental health problems are struggling to get emergency treatment in England and Wales, campaigners say.

A review by Mind highlighted a range of difficulties patients face getting help from community crisis teams and hospitals.

Its report said responses were all too often slow or not available at all.

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£20m backing to tackle mental health

The Department of Health and Comic Relief unite efforts to fund £20 million to the Time to Change campaign to fight the stigma against mental health.

Mental health charities Mind and Rethink who run the Time to Change campaign, will receive funding for the next three and a half years to run a new programme set to continue raising awareness and supporting people with mental health conditions.

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