Reduce Mental Health Waiting Lists

Currently Mental health patients can have to wait for more than a year for treatment or therapy and are not guaranteed the most appropriate therapy for their condition. I feel this unacceptable and a wait that can be too long for people that are in very difficult and what can be dangerous circumstances. Shorter waiting lists will help reduce the impact on other departments and teams within the NHS that deal with patients in crisis, often reoccurring due to lack of support and treatment. Surely a prevention of the crisis is better than having to deal with the crisis?

Link to Early day motion 1063:
http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2013-14/1063
For more information:
http://www.bacp.co.uk/policy/edm1063/