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Improving the management of patients with mental ill health in emergency care settings

This checklist offers practical support and guidance to help those working in emergency departments, mental health trusts and ambulance trusts to improve the care of patients with mental ill health who access emergency care services. It outlines areas for action and includes examples of the ways in which some services are addressing some of these challenges.

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