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2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Adam D. Durbin |Aruna Iyengar

Urgent mental health centres to open across EnglandAdam Durbin & Aruna IyengarGetty ImagesSpecialist mental health crisis centres will be opened across England over the next decade in a bid to reduce crowding in accident and emergency departments (A&E), the NHS has confirmed. Ten hospital trusts have been piloting new assessment centres to deal with people experiencing a mental health crisis. The aim is to get these patients to appropriate care in a calm environment, avoiding long waits in A&E.