Lack of urgency on mental health transfer contributing to ER crisis, advocates say
“If the emergency room is the only place for someone to go to get help, then it means that people that could be better served elsewhere are also going to be in line at emergency,” Eaton said.There is also concern about the kind of care mental health and addictions patients get when the ER is their only option, Eaton added, because it does not provide the opportunity for follow-up or consistent aftercare.
When Leora Simon was forced to seek help for her mental health issues in a hospital several years ago at age 15, she said the experience was “extremely traumatic.” Today, Simon is the chair of the CMHA’s national council for persons with lived experience, which is among the dozens of organizations that last week launched a national advocacy campaign calling on the federal government to include the promised mental health transfer in the next federal budget.No money for this measure was allocated in this year’s budget, despite a pledge in the Liberal party’s 2021 platform to have spent at least $875 million by the end of this year.
But NDP mental health and harm reduction critic Gord Johns says this shows a lack of urgency on an issue that needs more immediate action – not only to help patients in need of urgent mental health and addictions treatment, but also to prevent further strain on hospital ERs.“They’re dragging their feet because it’s not a priority,” Johns told Global News.
Click to share quote on Twitter: " can immediately roll out supports to people and scale up community-based supports and save lives right now." Conservative MP Michelle Ferreri pressed Bennett on the issue during her recent appearance at a House of Commons committee that has been delving into the gaps in mental health care that exist for young women.
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