“What recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of integrating community policing and neighbourhood health teams.”
Asked by
Rachael Maskell
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for the Home Department
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Policing and Crime Prevention (Dame Diana Johnson)
My hon. Friend speaks with a great deal of experience in health matters. There are regular discussions between ministerial colleagues about how we can best join up public services. We know that joined-up working results in better outcomes at a local level. Collaboration and engagement between neighbourhood policing and neighbourhood health teams already exists to tackle mental health issues, and drug and alcohol addiction. I hope that this Government’s investment in neighbourhood policing will enable more of that work to continue.