we need to have a real investment in community mental health teams so that those community mental healthstrive to do in terms of building those really strong relationships with people who are struggling. although the number of community mental health nurses has increased by 15% over the last five years, across all mental health services, there are around 10,000 unfilled posts. nhs england told panorama that in the next four years, it will create a further 10,000 new posts for community mental health teams and is increasing funding by almost £1 billion a year. it also says that in october 2019, the care quality commission reported a general improvement in the quality of community mental health services. after callie died, her family also began to look into the influence of the suicide forum she had been part of. what we found was a huge amount of. what we found was a huge amount of very, very vulnerable people sort of very, very vulnerable people sort of trying to support each other but they were in no... so many of them we re they were in no... so many of them were in no fit state to sup

we need to have a real investment in community mental health teams so that those community mental healthcan do the role that they want to do and they strive to do in terms of building those really strong relationships with people who are struggling. although the number of community mental health nurses has increased by 15% over the last five years, across all mental health services, there are around 10,000 unfilled posts. nhs england told panorama that in the next four years it will create a further 10,000 new posts for community mental health teams and is increasing funding by almost £1 billion a year. it also says that in october 2019, the care quality commission reported a general improvement in the quality of community mental health services. 0ne community mental health services. one more time for a phenomenal... we are interrupting our programme to go live to new hampshire and pete buttigieg just speaking he has done pretty well in new hampshire. who knows how to raise the roof and to get out the vote! cheering and applause. crowd chants: kerry! terry! and thank you to her chest and

sense of community, that sense of belonging can be really important, if you think about a community mental health teamcommunity as well. and what about money, how much of this is down to money and how much of it is about changing the approaches within the nhs? i think it's both. i think money, without really thinking about the services, the culture, isn't going to be worth an awful lot and trying to change the culture without really having the finances and the financial support for it is not going to help either. sol financial support for it is not going to help either. so i think it's a cultural change, and also there is need for resources. and i think it's also important to recognise that ultimately, the person that keeps me safe as me. professionals can help, family can help, community can help, but it has to bea help, community can help, but it has to be a support from me, around me and focused on my individual history and focused on my individual history and needs. and we are very much on the same page about this, it's about a shared responsibility, simon has responsibility for looking after hims

communities by edge curien -- encouraging to b a practice in these areas, we can transform towns throughout the state and thanks to the innovative leadership being provided by mental health commissioner and her team, i'm also calling on the legislature to provide funding to build three new crisis centers in the state. when these are opened and fully staffed, these centers will become a safe haven for people facing mental health challenges and at these centers, these people can be stabilized and treated without being sent to jail or the hospital. [ applause ] special thanks go to house majority leader ledbetter and his members from both parties and both chambers who have been working with him to lead the charge to put additional emphasis on this important area of public service. i'm also proud that our mental health department is partnering with the department of education to ensure that we are promoting whole child wellness. the fact is, folks, our students are with us for eight hours a day, and many of these students come from a home life that few of us can imagine. our students are increasingly dealing with challenges and pressures for which most teachers weren't trained and they're not prepare

communities where people are -- hangout and just engage people into services. in the earlier presentation, it was mentioned about the crisis outreach teams that will be part of mental health s.f. again, that's another example of really just responding to the needs in the community and recognizing that one strategy does not work for everyone and the need to constantly be flexible and reinvent the services that we have so that we can engage people. and the low barrier medical services at the syringe sites is such a good example of that. i had the opportunity to be at one of those sites one night, and it was amazing to see five people waiting in a queue to talk to a medical provider because they heard that they could get started on buprenorphine to curb their opiate cravings. and i think that that's very telling because it's a safe place where people are already accepted. there are multiple different strategies that we use at the health department when there is a spike in overdoses. we're really fortunate that we work so closely with our funded provider, the drug overdose prevention education program, or d.o.p.e. so when there is an indication of overdose is, they work very

communities where people are -- hangout and just engage people into services. in the earlier presentation, it was mentioned about the crisis outreach teams that will be part of mental health s.f. again, that's another example of really just responding to the needs in the community and recognizing that one strategy does not work for everyone and the need to constantly be flexible and reinvent the services that we have so that we can engage people. and the low barrier medical services at the syringe sites is such a good example of that. i had the opportunity to be at one of those sites one night, and it was amazing to see five people waiting in a queue to talk to a medical provider because they heard that they could get started on buprenorphine to curb their opiate cravings. and i think that that's very telling because it's a safe place where people are already accepted. there are multiple different strategies that we use at the health department when there is a spike in overdoses. we're really fortunate that we work so closely with our funded provider, the drug overdose prevention education program, or d.o.p.e. so when there is an indication of overdose is, they work very