๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ยฃ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด! 
The government is investing ยฃ150 million in NHS mental health urgent and emergency care services up to April 2025.
ยฃ143 million will be used to provide new and improved mental health crisis response infrastructure. This includes schemes such as crisis cafรฉs, houses and hubs in the community. Other schemes receiving funding include step-down services, mental health urgent assessment and care centres, crisis line upgrades and improvements to health-based โplaces of safetyโ and emergency department spaces.
It also includes ยฃ7 million for 100 specialised mental health ambulances to take staff directly to patients in need of emergency care.
Together these projects provide a range of safe and supportive spaces for people experiencing mental health crisis that can act as an alternative to A&E, providing intensive support to people in the community.
As announced yesterday by Minister Maria Caulfield, the governmentโs mental health spend will increase in the coming financial year, we expect this to account for 8.9% of total recurrent spend.
