so when you have mental illness, no wonder if they don't have housing, if they are food insecure, don't have health care, so i angry it rating what others said. we need more healthcare. don't go to jail, use that money to hire health care. cycle of poverty. without a good job and no good salary no good house no good house you go down with mental health. it is all intertwined. with our community organization we do one-on-one. we find out what is wrong, survey. then we have a bunch of community organizations that we can get together and we can give you the list with the department. check on us. also, last thing, st. francis the patron saint. >> i am rebecca miller. i am a senior disability action.

we need mental healthcare to reach them and support them. the treatment on demand coalition recommends the city conduct a comprehensive assessment of the public health crisis or address barriers for solution. we agree with 2018 performance audit recommendations. increase intensive case management, more supportive housing and alternative approaches to behavioral house. we urge more funding to substance youth services. >> thanks so much for the attention by this body to this important issue. i am a san francisco resident for my whole life and representative of 360. we serve 10,000 low income in san francisco with primary care and mental health services. the point is made for why we need more and high-quality resources directed to the issues. i want to bring up three items that we are hoping to fund and political will. first is residential treatment programs appropriate for high needs substance users including methamphetamine users. small disorder services with mental health needs. second is increased supply of system navigators to help people

and i just like to say that even if you are the richest person in the state, you won't find a mental healthcare system, we just don't have a mental health care healthcare system. there needs to be longer-term hospitals that actually provide the services that people need and that's what i want to say. you actually have to have a system first. >> thank you so much. any other member of the public would like to speak? >> i thank you are doing a disservice to the community by and large, and i think -- you need to find a better way to do this process, but i don't see it happening. >> thank you. is there any other member of the public would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. before i call other supervisors, i have one quick question from the mayor's office. do we know when the next hearing on s.b. 40 will be held? or the next step with that law? >> it is making its way through the senate, and it has not yet moved out of the senate. it will then move to the assembly side, and so we are anticipating it coming and going through the process and being done in about three months. there is

their contributors but one of the difficulties is that they are essentially producers and not a mental healthcare isn't good services and what isn't good services and what isn't good services and what's the difference for example between a psychologist and a psychotherapist and a counsellor and some of these things i think need a little more work in terms of educating those people who are putting these shows on as to what kind of services they need to be putting in place. that was tv psyshcologist honey langcaster—james. six men convicted of a gangland murder plot have been jailed for a total of one hundred and four years at the high court in glasgow. they were said to be part of the lyons crime gang — and carried out the attacks in a feud with another glasgow gang, the daniel family. the judge said they'd tried to turn the city into a war zone, but there was no place in scotland for the law of the jungle. aileen clarke reports. 0n court, the judge told the six when the doctor court takes a dim view of such conduct and on sentencing, he emphasised that. you sought to turn glasgow into a warzone t

mental health issues as well. you will hear from speakers from a range of populations and service modalities. underlying all of the testimony is the simple message housing is healthcare. it is impossible to address the health needs of people with mental illness, substance use disorders and people living with h.i.v. if they do not have access to save, affordable housing. while most folks believe the people who are homeless living on the streets got there because of mental health and substance abuse. for many the trauma, violence and deprivation they face on the streets is the cause of mental health and substance use disorders. two weeks ago at the budget hearing on homelessness i cringed when i heard about the housing ladder which exists only to help move folks from independence and housing. it is a terrible metaphor for the crisis in san francisco. a better image would be of a stuffed up sink. the system is clogged. there are not enough treatment beds, shelter bedding beds, fols are discharged from hospital to streets. that makes no sense. we may not be able to solve the entirety of the crisis we face in one budget cycle. surely we can address the needs of the much s

we provide housing to the poorest, mental healthcare to the uninsured, drug treatment, dog -- job training, and an array of other services most close to the edge and our community. without adequate funding to support these wage increases, this would amount to budget cuts for the organizations that perform these vital services where the need is only increasing. i'm afraid these services would suffer. the last thing that the city needs is a reduction or disruption of exactly these types of services. also, to not provide full funding would undermine the very spirit of the ordinance, which the voters approved since squeezing the budget, a very lean organization will invariably lead to impact on staff wages and will ultimately could wage -- lead to wage stagnancy, higher increases or what layoffs for other people or everyone involved, so we support full funding, not just because it is the right thing to do to support workers, but also because we are housing organizations, we are affordable housing providers, and this is a housing issue as much as anything else, workers can't live in s.f. envelo

approximately a 258% increase in funding dedicated to va mental healthcare, and yet we do continue to see unfortunately, a rate of suicide at over 20 a day you mentioned a couple of things i wanted to explore and unpack what going on. why we haven't seen a decline in the photo -- in the total number s. we noticed there were a total number of deaths by suicide among middle-age and older adult veterans as the highest category but we do also see from your suicide data report that the rates of suicide are highest among the youngest veterans. so the rates are higher among the youngest veterans and i did note from the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america testimony that veterans age 18- 34 the most post 911 genries has the highest rate of suicide. is that the explanation for why the numbers are still elevated, even though we have made an additional financial commitment to addressing this national crisis? and if not, what is the cause of that? >> maybe some of my colleagues can, but i don't think i have a full answer to that question, except i absolutely believe that not all of this is ab

we're doing guaranteed healthcare for all new yorkers, including mental healthcare, paid sick leave,hings that change people's lives for better. >> challenges, again, if you're a republican or conservative, you don't agree with any of that, but if you're a progressive he fits in with where the party is as progressive. the question is with 23 others, it's an elbow thing. right? >> unlike some of the other candidates in the race who are talking about a lot of the same things or talking about, you know, tackling income inequality and talking about paid leave and, you know, better access to education and he canary, he's actually done some of those things in new york city so he can point to an actual record in a way that some members of congress can't necessarily do. you know, elizabeth warren has lots of plans, but she can't say, you know, here, look at this microcosm of how this would play out and what i did. i think the challenge for him, is you know, his popularity is still very, very low in new york city. president trump's popularity is very low as well so that wouldn't necessarily h

at the time, we had a very stove piped approach to delivering mental healthcare. i think there's probably two things i think are promising. -- promising developments. the first is the multi- disciplinary approach to healthcare. and now when an individual seeks help it's not a point to point. they see the psychiatrist, that doesn't workers they see the psychologist, that doesn't workers social worker, that's doesn't work there's an approach with where an individual is managed by a team that has the appropriate skills to deal with that individual's problem. the other challenge we had was i think a misinterpretation of privacy associated with medicare -- medical care in a sense that we didn't have the kind of sharing of information across korean teams, chaplains, medical professionals so that when we have an individual who needed help, we could identify that individual, and take proactive action. and i think those two things are among the promising initiatives. but i don't think any of us would say we are complacent where we are with mental health as a whole or speci

, which is a specialist mental healthcareating patients with mental health conditions, learning disablities and autism. last month, we revealed that one patient held there for years had tried to take her own life by swallowing a toothbrush. the toothbrush remains inside her. we've also been shown footage of one teenager who was locked in seclusion at one of its units, only able to touch their parent through a door hatch during visits. the chief executive of st andrew's healthcare, which treats up to 900 patients, openly admits there are up to 50 people in their hospitals who should not be there, because of a lack of suitable places in the community. noel phillips has this exclusive report from inside the facility in northampton. just what happens to some of the country's most vulnerable people inside this medium secure psychiatric hospital has long been the subject of controversy. when i first got here, it was hard because it's so restrictive and you have to be observed on the toilet and observed with a pen. it's like being t

what we've done on affordable housing, mental healthcare, we have a model in new york that i think can really important to show this can be done. >> let talk about the campaign it self-. the vie bltd of the campaign first of all you've been doing fundraising. can you share any information what you've raised and is it a given you'll be on the debate stage next month? >> david, we'll talk about the fund raising when the filing comes out. on the debate question, we have three polls that put me at the qualifying level, the dnc standard but more to play out. there final decision will be closer to the debates. i hope to be on the debate stage. either way you slice it, i'll go out to the grass roots and talk to people. that the how i've been in every campaign. i've been in ten elections and won every one by having a strong, clear honest progressive message and going to the grolas roots. that works.ass roots. that works.rass roots. that works. the people want a candidate strong enough to take on donald trump. i'm a new yorker. i gave him the nickname c cocon don. he countered with a tweet. you

he is released this new campaign ad and shares his vision for affordable healthcare, providing mental health services and supporting working class families. his biggest point was about the president. >> donald trump must be stopped. i've beaten him before and i doll it 89. >> de blasio is running on a platform of urban progressive leadership. he touts accomplishments such as universal pre-k and raising the minimum wage. he is the latest democrat to throw his hat into the ring and joins an already-crowded field becoming the 24th democratic contender to challenge president trump. >>> she broke barriers as a woman in science. a bay area woman never got the recognition she ene until now. what it means to finally earn her phd after 50 years. >> and the sierra covered in snow in may? how can that be? how crews are working overtime to keep the road clear in this long winter. >> and coming up at 6:00, a new push to lower the price of prescription drugs. three bay area counties now teaming with the state to make it happen. their plan that could save consumers millions. >>> highway 160, the ant

it's only 10% of healthcare that emergent or mental health. >> reef together on people controlling their costs. so what is in the government right now, in a way that you think congress can do that? >> it says you have to price transparency. if you participate in healthcare, consumer want to be able to know what it cost them before they get all these crazy bills and bankrupt there think account for then next four monts because they have a child go to an emergency room and have a laceration. >> what's happening is no transparency as a surprise. when there is no price discovery, there's no allocation of resource based on competition. will happen is, none of the capitalists in healthcare want price discovered. insurance companies don't want, hospitals don't want it. outpatient centers don't want because they don't want you to know. they hook these deals and then they have closets with the interest companies they can't tell you what they are getting paid. >> you have insight into the white house plan? headline from the "wall street journal" today. disclosure of help a search. he relies on exi

healthcare. i represent mental health workers and those at neighborhood health centers. they have contracts with the city, multiple contracts with the city and county of san francisco, and i want you to think when when we contract out as the city with nonprofit organizations. what is the purpose? to me we are extending the reach and arm of government to the communities. the city workers don't have the cultural understanding the people who work at nonprofits have. we are making sure or government can have effective services that meet people where they are at. when we deal with issues of mental health and homelessness and people who don't have housing, struggling in the streets. it is important to be able to reach out and meet people where they are at. it also means we should look at how to do the services effectively. we see the constant discussion and the pressure on you and i should know that we want our city to be effective in what it does. if we see because the nonprofits are underpaid and people don't have the ability to stick with their job because they can't afford

among the challenges for the asian community, immigrant, healthcare for seniors and mental health.t was organized by the asian pacific fund. this is asian heritage month. we're happy to focus on all the issues in our community. >> nicely done. let's bring in jeff and talk about the next couple days and a warm up. >> warming up through the weekend. a chance here of a few showers through the next few days. we'll go over that in a few minutes. a live check in concord. 69 degrees. >> it's something else. we have a name. the royal couple introducing their two day old baby boy. ther cleaning shop in lafayette. problem is -- it snto meant tobe >>> how about this. there's a drive through dry cleaning business. problem is it's notnt drive thr. until a brand new tesla crashed through the front window. the owner of the business isn't angry. actually he's the cleaners wher that car ended up over here is a real mess. and the damages are costly. this piece of equipment alone the shirt pressing machine cost $50,000. the owner said he would much rather have this damage than a worker hurt. >> it's

he was the director of tennessee's mental health and substance abuse services division. he implores addicted healthcareorkers to admit they need help, which for him was the hardest part. >> i'm going to lose my job. i'm going to lose my wife. i'm going to lose my cars. >> reporter: until he was confronted by his own father. >> he said, none of those things will be any good if you're dead. >> reporter: dr. loyd warns more doctors are likely high at work caring for patients than we realize. the department of justice launched an opioid addiction detection unit to combat all of this but, jeff, it was established in less than one- third of the country, so still much work to do. >> glor: a story that makes you mad. errol, thank you very much. there is a dire warning tonight from climate scientists. they say one million of the earth's eight million plant and animal species are on a list for extinction according to a new u.n. study. jonathan vigliotti has details on this. >> reporter: scientists have issued a global distress call, an alarming report about the threat of human consumption to over one million spe

healthcare. >> there are not enough mental health professionals. >> the army took note posting a crisis hotlineeeting your scories are real. they matter. we have to take care of those who came back home with scars we can't see. >> every veteran has a story to tell, and that story is a part of our history and has value. >> reporter: on this memorial day a reminder of the sacrifice that veterans continue to live with every day. tom costello nbc news, carmel, indiana. >> calls for change at mt. everest tonight after another climber today. american lawyer christopher cullish died on his way down from the summit. this is the 13th death on everest since january. experts say because of the long lines, literally climb remembers spending too much time in the so-called death zone where oxygen is limited. nepal's government issued a record 381 permits this year. critics worry too many climbers are inexperienced and say the way the summit is accessed needs to be changed. >> there's so many people who want to do it and i think maybe there should be a limit as to how many people go up each day because you on

mental health issues to issues of addiction. >> senior fellow at the manhattanw institute talking about issues related to healthcare. we are basically a market think tank with the cost of healthcare as a big issue people are concerned about and a big part of my job is to try to figure out new policy solutions to reduce the cost to people. >> one of the issues that has come up as of late not only in the presidential race but other aspects of the medicare for all, what do you think about it at the face? >> i think it is the most assumption i don't we buy everything for everybody, that is essentially what the claim amounts to. that fails to engage with the essence of the issue. >> under the headline isn't all it's cracked up to be. tell us why. >> in a piece about the medicare program if you think about the real existing care benefits, there are big gaps in the medicare benefit. medicare that covers patient drugs which is why lots of seniors by these plans. it's quite substantial on the prescription drugs in many cases more than what we might be used to paying for employment planst available. >> host: are you saying th

mental support. expending the package would tend to increase healthcare spending. cost sharing affects financial well-being and total healthcare spending. people use more care when the cost is lower. having a lower or no cost share requirement, we tend to increase the use of services and lead to additional healthcare spending. under a single-payer system, provider payment rates would be based on rates paid by medicare, medicaid, commercial insurance or some other measure. medicare payment rates are substantially lower than commercial payment rates on average. total national healthcare spending would be lower at the amount of care provided in the quality of the care might diminish. when fully implement it, a single-payer system would have lower administrative costs than the current system because it would consolidate administrative tasks and eliminate insurance processing. the federal government's cost of administering the medicare program accounted for 1.4% of total medicare expenditures in 2017. you include the cost of the administrative cost of medicare advantage

healthcare. in california if you have a good healthy lifestyle you definitely have the benefit of access to mental health, yoga and exercise and preventive care, prediabetic classes and get yourself healthy with a very affordable instead of the thousands of dollars that we used to partnership between the government -- >> okay caller thank you. i think that raises some interesting questions. one point i think osit's lost i that the heart of the cost battle in healthcare is really the battle between the providers like hospitals and doctors on the one side and the insurers on the other side. the insurers make such a good bad guy. everyone knows the hospital -- no one feels affectionate to the insurer. i think through the decades the politicians have lined up very much and said especially and that has made it very hard over decades for insurers to negotiate a good deal with hospitals for hospital care and the hospital practice has been soaring as a avresult of that. obviously the money the insurers have to pass on the cost to the people that want to purchase insurance. the fact that insurance had been

mental and behavioral health issues. it's up to all of us to make sure we are removing the stigma and promoting people taking active participation in their own healthcare includes behavioral and mental health issues. in the coming year, we're investing over $300 million just through one of my agencies. so that more washingtonians have access to be healthy, happy lives they deserve. it is a small price to pay, because when we meet people where they are and give them the support and treatment they need, we know that they can prosper in our city. i want to turn it over to the next panel but i also want to thank and recognize ted from jamaaltal sports and hill, who is an outstanding representative for bringing activism and athletics together. and once again, our home team, the washington mystics. have a great day everybody. >> next session produced by the washington mystics. >> [applause] to win those championships, it was the best feeling on earth. we are out there winning one year after the next after the next. i felt like a rockstar. i'm not going to lie. i was on top of the world. >> ♪ that really had a lot to do with all the accolades. when things are

mental health issues or even treatment. so, sometimes that's not even in their scope of sight in regards to healthcare.obert: yeah, so do you think that a summit kind of format kind of works in this way, then? i mean, you know, so many of the problems you do sort of attack within the community. but a summit, i don't know, it kinda--does it give it sort of a broader perspective or at least maybe makes it feel a little bit more inclusive? sarita: i think so. i have not heard of any such large-scale gathering. i think, you know, what the asian pacific fund has done is bringing together, you know, individuals, foundations, government people, everybody together to address sort of, "these are the issue of our time over here." so i think that would be very exciting for everyone to hearda that about aaci, they are connected to so many different parts of the community that it really is--it does take an organization like that to kind of put this kind of thing on. what would you wanna talk to people about who might be kinda reluctant to kinda come to something? especially if they hear "summit," they might think,

there's no doubt that we are the most integrated healthcare system when it comes to mental health and the ability for us to interact with that veteran and provide ongoing services is essential to the well-being of the future. >> thank you for that. th one of the interesting programs i had heard about from the va region that i represent. i'm not sure if you're familiar with something called free the keys have you heard of this before? >> i have not but doctor franklin may. >> no. >> okay touching on the conversation earlier about gun violence so the region in upstate new york they talked about a program there implement and called free the keys where they take the keys of a gun storage cabinet, a veteran might own a firearm, they keep the storage cabinet locked and will take the keys from the storage cabinet and put it into a cup and put water in the cup entries the cup and it's in a freezer so when the veteran has an impulse they may want to get the firearm to commit suicide and they actually have to get the key out of the frozen cup which creates more time n for them to think about th

healthcare has doubled in size in the last ten years. and in 2016, it opened a £115 million unit for young people with mental illnesses.. but the chief executive says that she intends to reduce facilities, closing a number of wards. we would expect to see a reduction of beds for specialism for people with autism and learning disabilities to be reduced by about 100, just over the next two years. the issue of children and adults with autism and learning disabilities being held in high—dependency mental health units like st andrew's has become a pressing issue. there remain questions, though, about whether enough is being done by the government to fix a system that is causing a crisis for thousands of people and their families. that's it for this week. remember, if you want to get in touch with a story for us to look at, do e—mail victoria@bbc.co.uk. we're back live on tuesday morning at ten o'clock on bbc two, the bbc news channel and online. thanks for watching. hello. weather changes are under way this bank holiday weekend. some of us have started it with warm sunshine. others may have seen more cloud. some of us have

there is help and hope.a alition of local healthcare groups inclung kaiser permanente and the university of california, davis medical cented prfunding and mental health resources. >> what made today worse? >> yang: liseanne wick is the director of the suicide lsprevention program at wece health, which also provides services for mulvaney's program. >> the beauty of the i got your back project is that it does, it puts it right there, wre they're at. it makes talking about mental health, and wellness, and help seeking, and even suicide oron depresa more natural thing >> yang: mulvaney's initiative fits with the other community work he does with his wife and business partner, bobbin. he says it's inspired by one of s favorite films. the classic, "it's a wonderful life." the "b&l" in his restaurant's name stands for "building and loan," a nod to the institution at the center of tor movie's sty. >> merry christmas d u wonderful ilding and >> i hoped that we would open a place for people to come to talk about issues of the day and invite us into those conversations. and over the last 13 years what we've seen is that we've become a central part of man