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Backlash after Scotland Yard chief Mark Rowley warns that the Met will stop attending mental health-linked emergency calls - as critics warn 'there will be no one else left to call'

"Alarm has been expressed at the prospect of Metropolitan Police officers no longer attending mental health incidents - with critics warning there would be 'no one left to call'.

The force's commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has written to health and social care services to say police will no longer attend emergency calls related to mental health after August 31 unless there is a threat to life.

The move is designed to free up officers to spend more time on their core roles, rather than dealing with patients in need of medical help from experts.

But serious concerns have been raised about what the policy change could mean for vulnerable individuals, with questions raised too about whether it will prove practical on the ground.

A Met spokesperson said that the force needed to 'redress the imbalance of responsibility', noting the considerable amount of time taken up by such incidents."

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12135065/Met-Police-officers-stop-attending-mental-health-incidents.html

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