"I have quoted the headlines from this remarkable report at two board meetings over the last two days and the response has been identical at both the Vanguard Partnership Board and the Health and Wellbeing Board. For those not already working in mental health services, the initial response was shocked silence followed by overwhelming force of opinion that this is a disgracefully shocking position that cannot be allowed to remain unaddressed. I have never seen all of the LA elected members of the HWBB speechless, I did this evening! This report is vitally important and powerful call to action. For us it has defined a new high priority work stream that we will simply not let drop "

Dr David Hegarty - GP, Chair, Dudley CCG & Chair, Black Country STP Clinical Reference Group.