Police are to cut back massively on the number of mental health callouts they attend in a bid to free up time and make sure people in crisis get the help they need.
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Police have laid out plans to drastically reduce the number of mental health callouts dealt with by officers, putting the onus back onto healthcare staff.Some forces in England and Wales currently attend 80% of what a senior officer termed health and.