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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jack Barton and Mark Townsend

Police call monitoring could deny help to people in mental health crisis

An ambulance response co-ordinator.
Some NHS trusts have dropped the controversial system Photograph: Garry F McHarg/Daily Record/PA

Police forces and healthcare providers in different parts of the country are using or planning to resurrect a deeply controversial programme that critics say denies medical care to people having mental health crises.

The plans are detailed in documents obtained by the Observer and Liberty Investigates, and come a year after the private firm running the programme took down its website following an outcry from campaigners.

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