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Joan Scott
Action Unlimited

The time restriction on aftercare is wrong. By the time they've come out and settled down, the six weeks will be up. I think free aftercare should be for a good six months or longer. Otherwise they won't get the treatment they need and they'll end up back in hospital because they won't be able to cope.

Len Smith
Gypsy Activist

It is entirely unreasonable for limits to be placed on aftercare of any kind. If the case warrants it, aftercare in some form should continue until no longer needed. Refusing it potentially places both the patient and community at risk. It is a mark of a civilised society that it cares for its sick and vulnerable.


Shaun Webster
CHANGE self-advocacy group

It's an unfair restriction. How will people with mental health problems cope outside? If they got better in hospital but then have worries when they come out, they could be back to square one. They could spend their lives going in and out of hospital.

Karen Shook

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Disability Equality Adviser

This is causing enormous anxiety among survivors. It's just putting people back on the roundabout - we take you in, get you stable, chuck you out then forget about you until the next time you're admitted. Mental health problems are something you live with for life.