We need safer care in mental health settings

If you or someone you love is admitted to hospital for mental health care, they should be kept safe. 

But that isn’t the reality. For years, families have raised the alarm about unsafe care in mental health settings.

Decades of inquests, investigations and reviews have highlighted the same failings, including poor communication with families, unclear risk assessments and gaps in how care is coordinated.  

We're calling for practical changes that would make a real difference in people's lives:

• A national register of safety recommendations
• Improved communication with carers and families
• More permanent and skilled mental health staff
• An end to inappropriate out-of-area placements.

Better care means safer care.   

Safer for patients. Safer for staff. Safer for the public.

Over the coming months, we'll be pushing for improvements to inpatient mental health care and updating you on ways to get involved.

Better Care = Safer Care: add your name to support safer mental health care today.

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