Luciana Berger MP, Labour’s Shadow Cabinet Minister for Mental Health, commenting on the final report of the Commission on Acute Adult Psychiatric Care’s work in England, said:

“This report confirms the severe challenges facing our acute adult mental health services that patients and professionals have long been warning of. This is yet another wake up call for the Tory Government.

"For all Tory ministers’ talk of mental health, they are presiding over a system described as ‘potentially dangerous.' The Commission rightly highlights staffing shortages, unacceptably long waits for care and the unacceptable practice of sending very ill patients hundreds of miles just to get a bed - something which has significantly increased on this Government’s watch.

"Ministers must now respond to the robust recommendations set out by the Commission and bring forward the urgent action needed to tackle these serious problems.”