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The new Right Care, Right Person approach must be monitored to ensure patient safety Police in England and Wales are working to release themselves from all but the highest risk mental healthcare work in an approach called Right Care, Right Person.1 This will enable police to focus on maintaining community law and order. In July 2023, a national partnership agreement for the programme was signed by government agencies including NHS England’s national mental health director, giving NHS blessing to the plans.1 Police responses for mental health currently include performing welfare checks on individuals when professionals or family are concerned, locating patients who have not returned to the mental health ward after authorised leave under section 17 of the Mental Health Act, responding when a person at risk of suicide unexpectedly leaves the emergency department or a ward, and taking people to a place of safety for their own or others’ protection. Police involvement in these circum

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