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<p>The NHS Long Term Plan will integrate mental and physical health services in hospitals
through the further development of liaison mental health teams in acute hospitals’
emergency departments and inpatient wards. A programme is already in place to deliver
the commitment set out in the Five Year Forward View that by 2020/21 all acute hospitals
will have liaison teams in place, with at least half to provide this on a 24 hours
a day, seven days a week basis in line with the ‘Core 24’ standard established by
the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Under the NHS Long Term Plan, by 2023/24, 70%
of these liaison services will meet the ‘Core 24’ service standard.</p><p> </p><p>On
the future funding of services, the NHS Long Term Plan National Implementation Framework,
to be published in the spring, will provide further information on how the NHS Long
Term Plan will be implemented. Additional details, based on local health system five
year plans, will be brought together in a detailed National Implementation Plan in
the autumn.</p>
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