The London Ambulance Service (LAS) has implemented a collaborative approach to treating mental health patients through a specialized response car team. This initiative, which began ten years ago, has evolved to include mental health clinicians working alongside paramedics to provide immediate care and avoid the need for patients to go to busy A&E departments. Currently, LAS serves about 9,000 patients monthly with a significant increase in the number of mental health professionals involved, leading to a substantial reduction in hospital admissions for mental health emergencies.
I worry about the physical health and Clara deals with the mental health. Working collaboratively, it's the best outcome for the patient.
We want to come and keep people in the community that we can keep in the community. We don't need to take people to hospital.
Thanks to the incredible work of our specialist clinicians we now only take 18% of patients experiencing a mental health crisis to A&E.
It's just so busy and a stressful environment for them to be in.
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