Emergency mental health care pathway

Access the guidance and resource documents for implementing the treatment pathway for urgent liaison services, developed by the NCCMH for NHS England (2016).

"When I have a mental health crisis, I know who to contact for help, whenever I need it, at any time of day or night, whether I am known to the service or not."

The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health called for a 24/7 NHS for people with mental health problems, with high-quality urgent and emergency mental health care that is fit for purpose in a modern health care system, and accessible to people of all ages.

The following documents, covering a range of different services, set out how that ambition can be achieved:

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