TIGHTCHOKE Posted November 27, 2018 Report Share Posted November 27, 2018 Blimey, as if they haven't got enough to do! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46347767 If this is happening quite so often why are these people not sectioned? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzicat Posted November 27, 2018 Report Share Posted November 27, 2018 15 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Blimey, as if they haven't got enough to do! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46347767 If this is happening quite so often why are these people not sectioned? And this is just one (granted large) constabulary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted November 27, 2018 Report Share Posted November 27, 2018 hello, there are other help lines most people can call that deal with mental health Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshie Posted November 27, 2018 Report Share Posted November 27, 2018 Indeed there are other numbers for them to call. While I have sympathy for anyone with any illness, they are using up valuable resources and could possibly cost a life one day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medic1281 Posted November 27, 2018 Report Share Posted November 27, 2018 We’ve had a member of the public call for an ambulance on average 3 times per day for a couple of years. Also made calls to police, made malicious allegations against members of the public. In the end she was restricted to just 1 GP appointment per week which needed 2 GP’s due to the history of allegations. After several years of this behaviour she has finally been jailed following multiple appearances in court. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fern01 Posted November 27, 2018 Report Share Posted November 27, 2018 A large percentage of ambulance 999 calls are for mental health, drink and drugs related problems, time wasters and while they are dealing with these they cannot be attending heart attacks, road traffic accidents etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wb123 Posted November 27, 2018 Report Share Posted November 27, 2018 5 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Blimey, as if they haven't got enough to do! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46347767 If this is happening quite so often why are these people not sectioned? If you look at the mental health act you will see just how bad things have to get before someone can be sectioned. It causes a lot of frustration on both sides as the police keep bringing people to hospital who either don’t have a condition which can be treated at all, or don’t have severe enough issues to be sectionable so they go straight out the door a few hours later. The police have a duty of care to attempt to get treatment but that treatment often does not exist. What the police often regard as mentally ill is regarded on the other side as being manipulative. What at do you do with the individual with personality disorder who threatens to throw themselves off a bridge five times a week for years on end with no treatable disease but never does it? They clearly aren’t a significant enough danger to themselves or others but nobody stands to gain anything from them being sectioned. The police are stuck bribing them in ‘to a place of safety’ which has nothing more to add. I suspect behaviour that might better be managed in the criminal justice system is now being treated as mental health problems, but that is a contentious issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted November 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2018 36 minutes ago, Wb123 said: If you look at the mental health act you will see just how bad things have to get before someone can be sectioned. It causes a lot of frustration on both sides as the police keep bringing people to hospital who either don’t have a condition which can be treated at all, or don’t have severe enough issues to be sectionable so they go straight out the door a few hours later. The police have a duty of care to attempt to get treatment but that treatment often does not exist. What the police often regard as mentally ill is regarded on the other side as being manipulative. What at do you do with the individual with personality disorder who threatens to throw themselves off a bridge five times a week for years on end with no treatable disease but never does it? They clearly aren’t a significant enough danger to themselves or others but nobody stands to gain anything from them being sectioned. The police are stuck bribing them in ‘to a place of safety’ which has nothing more to add. I suspect behaviour that might better be managed in the criminal justice system is now being treated as mental health problems, but that is a contentious issue. I think you are quite correct, unfortunately! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted November 27, 2018 Report Share Posted November 27, 2018 The police are an emergency service, if people with mental health issues feel they're in need of urgent help, I can understand why they would ring the police first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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