Police were disappointed after the fall of the mental health pilot project

Police officers are angry that a proposal to improve 111 appeals has been dropped and that mental health advocates hope that it will be saved again.

Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller

The trial was scheduled to start in September, but the police headquarters said the new government had "reassigned" the funding and so on

. The president of the Police Association, Chris Cahill, said the decision was "disappointing" and that the officers needed practical support "sooner than later"

"It's good to They are shouting for that. "

Frontline officers were overwhelmed by the volume of calls related to mental health, he said.

"The police are not the best equipped to do this, they have to be people in the mental health services who take care of them."

Earlier this month, RNZ has revealed to the police more than 50 percent in the last five years – from 14,500 in 2013 to 21,700 last year.

David Clark, Minister of Health Denied an interview request, but in a statement said that the proposal "has never been fully developed" and it seemed that National had tinkered together pr

He was waiting at the government's survey on mental health, would include advice on how to

National MP Chris Bishop said that it was absurd to suggest that the proposal was a work in a hurry.

"The pilot was based on the expert opinion of the field people, [it was] designed by"

Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller

He said that the l & # 39; Mental health review was a bad excuse to postpone "evidence-based interventions and programs"

to bet a large sum of money that a health survey will recommend. … something similar to what is supposed to start in about two months, "he said.

"They should now take care of it now."

The Foundation for Mental Health had been Shaun Robinson said that it was a shame to see him fall in the water.

"The police have unfortunately been left to be the mental health service of last resort."

million. Robinson said he would keep a close eye on the findings of the investigation and hoped that he would find a similar, if not better, idea.

"We really hope to see that there is something significant in the crisis response zone,"

"It may be a short-term loss for a gain in longer term. "

Fiona Howard, of Mental Health Advocacy and Peer Support in Christchurch, also hoped that the survey would make a similar project report.

She said that she sympathized with the frustration police, but understood the government 's approach to evaluate the entire mental health system.

"What I hope is that we can take a break – even though I know it's hard to wait – to ensure the results of this survey to ensure that all the parts of our system that are stressed receive the resources and the new initiatives they need.

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