An article by Ben Feguson in the Guardian of 23/10/2013 (“Mentally ill people are taking up a huge amount of police time” see:http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/oct/23/police-response-mentally-ill-people) reports how a police patrol attempted to get a distressed mentally ill person admitted to Northwick Park Hospital and then to Central Middlesex, in both cases unsuccessfully because wards were full, which may be further evidence that cutbacks in NHS provision in North West London are sometimes leaving people who need health care untreated.
(see also the Blog post of "If it's not an accident or an emergency, where do you go?" 25/06/2013)
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