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Health backing for police withdrawal delay

Senior healthcare figures have backed councils’ demand to delay police withdrawal from non-urgent mental health callouts.

By Mark Conrad | 08 August 2023

Senior healthcare figures have backed councils' demand to delay police withdrawal from non-urgent mental health callouts.

London's Metropolitan Police Service intends to unilaterally withdraw from non-emergency callouts from September, with other forces keen to follow suit.

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