Today we can work, access social media and get our hands on drugs and alcohol all day, every day. Alison believes this is putting huge strain on our mental health, but the support network is severely under-funded. 

This means that, out of standard office hours, there is too often no help available to those who desperately and urgently need it. Calling an ambulance is a last resort, but this service too is overstretched.   

Alison will explain how people are losing their lives because we can’t give them the specialist mental health support they need when they need it, before they hit crisis point.