Campaigners have given a cautious welcome to the news that an announcement about a 24 hour mental health crisis centre for Dundee could be only weeks away.
Councillor Ken Lynn, Dundee City Council’s health spokesman and chairman of Dundee City Health and Social Care integrated joint board has said he hopes there will be more detail about agreed proposals for a centre within weeks rather than months.
The councillor said he is “fully behind” the call for a 24/7 dedicated centre, adding: “This has already been agreed by councillors and we are at the stage of firming up the details of providing a centre of this type.
“The pandemic has very much got in the way of this happening so far but hopefully it will now be weeks rather than months before some further detail and information regarding proposals can be shared.”
It comes after a number of calls for a centre of…