🧵Last night’s disturbing #Dispatches exposed people being desperately let down by NHS mental health services in Essex. 👇
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This comes less than two weeks after @BBCPanorama aired equally devastating footage from an NHS mental health unit in Manchester.
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Heart-breaking testimony of the families who have lost loved ones shows us why we cannot continue as things are.
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We welcome the announcement of an urgent nationwide safety review by NHS England.
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At the same time we also want to see reform of the Mental Health Act prioritised by the government. This must ensure people detained under the Act are treated as individuals and that they are supported in the least restrictive way possible.
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