Mental Health and NHS Performance

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:27 pm on 9 January 2017.

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Photo of Jeremy Hunt Jeremy Hunt The Secretary of State for Health 4:27, 9 January 2017

They have a very important role. Some of the most successful and best-performing trusts, such as Luton and Dunstable, have a very good streaming process at the A&E front door, with good alternatives when it is not appropriate for people to go to an A&E department. We need to learn from that. Nurse-led units can be very important. GP-led units can make a big difference, too. It will not be the same everywhere, for reasons of space if nothing else, but there is a solution that everywhere can adopt.