8. Welsh Conservatives Debate: Community Mental Health Teams

Part of the debate – in the Senedd on 3 April 2019.

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(Translated)

Amendment 1—Rebecca Evans

Delete points 3 and 4 and replace with:

Recognises the need to ensure parity between physical and mental health services;

Calls on the Welsh Government to improve the support provided by and access to community mental health teams, including:

a) continuing to increase spending on mental health services in real terms each and every year until the end of the Assembly term, subject to the outcome of the 2019 spending review;

b) ensuring arrangements are in place to respond to mental health crisis 24/7 in all major emergency departments;

c) urgently working with health boards to improve community mental health facilities for service users and staff; and

d) raising awareness over access to community mental health teams so service users can get the best advice possible.