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Increase in mental health callouts received by police over past five years


“It can help prevent hospital admission, get [patients] more access to more appropriate support and in a more timely fashion,” says Owen Winsland, a mental health nurse on the team. “And for the police, it reduces the amount of officer time that is spent dealing with health and social care issues.”



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