Extract from Westminster Hall debate on National Marriage and Mental Health Awareness Weeks - May 16

Friday, 17 May 2019 08:03

Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South) (Lab):...My plea is this. Let us help children and young people in need at the time of their need, rather than making them wait 18 months to get specialist support or letting them end up in very long-term placements in locked mental health units far from home. Let us do something about the fact that the number of autistic people detained in inappropriate in-patient facilities on dubious mental health grounds remains stubbornly high, and...Request free trial