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Mental health nurses to patrol streets of North Yorkshire with police
The county is one of four revealed by Care and Support
12:00am Thursday 27th June 2013 in News By Matt Westcott
MENTAL health nurses will patrol the streets with police officers as part of a pilot initiative in North Yorkshire.
The county is one of four revealed by Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb today and will see the nurses sent to incidents where police believe people need immediate mental health support.
Street triage services already operate in neighbouring Cleveland and have shown good results.
CQC: Hunt urges calls for serious action if cover-up proved
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said there should be “very, very serious consequences” for anyone found guilty of a cover-up at the Care Quality Commission.
He said he would support disciplinary action if allegations against individuals are proved.
Mr Hunt said the healthcare regulator for England was “fundamentally flawed” when it was set up four years ago.
But he backed the new management team now running the CQC.
However, Amanda Pollard, a former CQC inspector who left after she became disillusioned, warns there may be more scandals ahead.
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