Mental health patients 'abandoned' on waiting lists
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Many need ongoing assessment and help from a community mental health nurse, but more than 600 are currently on a waiting list, known as the "waiting well" list. Psychiatrist Dr John Mulligan, a rep for the Unite union, said there were "thousands" of ...undefined