<p>Improving Mental Health </p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:00 pm on 9 May 2017.

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Photo of Rhun ap Iorwerth Rhun ap Iorwerth Plaid Cymru 2:00, 9 May 2017

(Translated)

Does the First Minister truly understand how much of a crisis there is facing us in terms of mental health care in Wales? In Ynys Môn, I understand that there is now not a single psychiatric consultant for mental health patients between 18 and 65 years of age. Mental health professionals are working under huge pressures that they can’t cope with and they fear that they are having to make decisions that will be a risk to patients. The shortage of beds means that people are taken as far as London to be treated or receive care. There are dozens of children and young people who are sent to England for treatment, and over 200 mental health patients in north Wales have been transferred out of Wales in the last 22 months. The whole system is on its knees. When will the Government take action in order to safeguard some of my most vulnerable constituents?