People in a mental health crisis should not be taken to police stations while they wait for an assessment under the Mental Health Act, a group of charities has said today.

Responding to a report from the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), members of the Mental Health and Criminal Justice Third Sector Forum voiced their concerns that police stations are still widely being used as ‘places of safety’ for people who appear to need emergency mental health care.

Click below to read the full article.

http://www.scmh.org.uk/news/2008_police_stations_overused.aspx