Emergency services use SIM programme that embeds officers in clinical teams to manage patients who make repeat calls

Police forces and healthcare providers in different parts of the country are using or planning to resurrect a deeply controversial programme that critics say denies medical care to people having mental health crises.

The plans are detailed in documents obtained by the Observer and Liberty Investigates, and come a year after the private firm running the programme took down its website following an outcry from campaigners.

Continue reading…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You May Also Like

Dancehall, drill and amapiano: 1Xtra’s Richie Brave shares his sounds of 2020

The host of a 1Xtra Talks podcast that explores what it means…

Investors bet UK interest rates could start falling by March; Warner Bros Discovery and Paramount in merger talks – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news UK interest rates…

‘They’re not cookie-cutter’: dressing the black cowboys of The Harder They Fall

The costume designer Antoinette Messam explains how historical figures informed the looks…