- Chloé Moran, academic foundation year one doctor
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
- chloe.moran98{at}hotmail.com
Downs raises concerns about NHS plans to open specialist centres for patients in mental health crisis to use instead of the emergency department.1 As a doctor, I think the initiative is commendable.2 Specialist emergency centres already exist for ophthalmology and paediatrics, for example. These show that emergency mental health centres could be feasible with proper implementation. I do, however, recognise the …