Member

On the point made by the noble Baroness, Lady May, about the provision of services to people while being looked after by the police, we are committing £26 million in capital investment to open new mental health crisis centres, to which I referred in an earlier group, which will aim to provide accessible and responsive care for individuals in mental health crisis. The purpose extends beyond reducing A&E attendance. Evidence from systems with established crisis centres indicates that they can help streamline urgent mental health care pathways and reduce unnecessary conveyance to A&E by ambulance, health-based transport or the police.