Using Street Triage to Reduce Inappropriate Use of Section 136 of the Mental Health Act. Event Report

Biddle, Paul (2015) Using Street Triage to Reduce Inappropriate Use of Section 136 of the Mental Health Act. Event Report. In: Street triage and the Mental Health Act, 10th November 2015, Durham. (Unpublished)

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Text (The document is a summary of the ESCR Festival of Social Sciences event about Street Triage. It includes presentation slides and a summary of the question and answer sessions and the roundtable discussions.) ESRC Festival of Social Science Street Triage Event Report.pdf - Submitted Version Download (2MB) | Preview

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The paper details the ESRC Festival of Social Science (2015) funded ‘Using Street Triage to Reduce Inappropriate Use of Section 136 of the Mental Health Act’ event. Organised by Paul Biddle (Research Fellow at Northumbria University), the event was designed to enable policymakers, academics, practitioners and third sector organisations to explore the need for, development of, outcomes achieved by and the sustainability of Street Triage approaches. It was also designed to share research findings and practice, and to consider the future direction of Street Triage. The event included presentations from several Street Triage services, a question & answer session with the event panel and roundtable discussions and feedback. The paper explains Street Triage, includes details of each presentation, summaries of the question & answer and roundtables sessions and conclusions.

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