Mental Health Services and Police

(asked on 21st March 2023) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on improving communication between police forces and mental health teams on the detention of people with mental health illnesses.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 27th March 2023

The Home Secretary last met with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on 22nd March 2023 where mental health and policing was discussed.

The Government is committed to working with policing and healthcare partners to drive forward improvements to mental health prevention, treatment and crisis response.

There is ongoing partnership work between HMG, health and police partners to develop a National Partnership Agreement to ensure that people in crisis receive the right response from the right agency. This work also considers wider work streams to improve partnership working between health and police on mental health pathways.

The Home Secretary wrote to all Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners on 23rd February to set out agreements made between the Home Office and Department for Health and Social Care on policing and mental health.

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