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New community mental health support centre for QMH
Some great news for Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup this week.
It has been announced that it will host a new community mental health centre, offering walk-in support without a referral and without a months-long wait.
It is one of dozens of new mental health centres set to open in libraries, banks and other high street spots across London in the biggest redesign of mental health services in a generation.
The new centres will make it far easier for people to get the right help the first time they ask for it, by bringing mental health and specialist teams together under one roof – working alongside GPs, councils, the voluntary sector and families, with direct links into housing and employment support.
Our CEO, Dr Ify Okocha said:
This emergency mental health department at Queen Mary's is an important development for the local community, giving people in crisis specialist care in a place designed specifically for them. Next, we hope to secure similar services for the other boroughs we serve.
Read more here Major expansion of community mental health support across England - GOV.UK
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