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‘Mental health crises affect carers too’

Andrew Bailey is a carer representative on several steering groups involved in mental health crisis care in Northamptonshire. He blogs about his experience of being a carer and his work towards ensuring the needs and perspectives of carers and patients are properly acknowledged.

‘We need the Concordat as a conduit for change’

Daniel Thorpe, Chief Inspector and Mental Health Lead for the Metropolitan Police, writes a very personal blog on what the Concordat means in reality, and why its standards urgently need to be put into practice.

‘We’ve just begun’

Naomi Phillips, Crisis Care Concordat project lead, blogs about the key principles for a comprehensive, solid approach to better mental health crisis care.

“The Concordat has created a network committed to delivering national changes at a local level”

David Partlow, Clinical Development Manager for the South Western Ambulance Service, writes about his own hopes for the Concordat and the necessary changes the ambulance service needs to make to deliver high-quality mental health crisis care.

“The NHS is one service – and that’s how it should be”

Amey Evans writes a personal, heartfelt blog on her mother’s experience of navigating the mental health crisis care system, building a powerful case for a better joined-up system.