Mental Health Services: South East Cornwall

We recognise the importance of ensuring that individuals experiencing mental health crisis can access timely, effective and appropriate support, including those in South East Cornwall. Substantial progress has been achieved in building more robust crisis care pathways across all ages and in all regions, towards ensuring that people in mental health crisis can receive the right care.

For example, the Government has committed £26 million in capital investment to support people in mental health crisis, including opening new mental health crisis centres across England, which aim to provide accessible and responsive care for individuals in mental health crisis. In addition, we are piloting several neighbourhood mental health centres which provide support to individuals in crisis without needing to book an appointment; these operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

People of all ages in England experiencing a mental health crisis can speak to a trained National Health Service professional at any time of the day via the NHS 111 service. This service gives people the chance to be listened to by a trained member of staff who can help direct them to the right place.

We will fulfil the Government’s commitment to recruit an additional 8,500 mental health staff by the end of the Parliament.

NHS commissioners in England are responsible for ensuring that mental health services are safe, effective, sustainable and meet the needs of the population.