it aims to improve the responses that people in mental health crisis situations receive from services and in particular to keep people in mental distress who have committed no crime out of police cells the amount of activity from local leads on mental health and policing is unprecedented and people are set on finding local solutions and agreements through joint action planning there were cases in down to cases in the department is working closely with the police to monitor further progress this year previously some trusts did not treat these cases as emergencies now all have signed up to provide initial clinical assessments within minutes