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Mental health nurses staff UK police stations (7th January, 2014)

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The UK government has announced a pilot scheme to help mentally ill people who have been arrested by the police. Mental health nurses will work in police stations in 10 different regions across England. The aim is to identify those with mental health issues as early as possible so they receive the correct treatment. The UK's Care and Support minister Norman Lamb explained: "Diverting the individual away from offending, and helping to reduce the risk of more victims suffering due to further offences benefits everyone." The minister in charge of policing, Damian Green, said: "Police officers should be focused on fighting crimes, and people with mental health conditions should get the care they need as early as possible."

The pilot project could have a big impact on how the UK's police force uses personnel and resources. Police officers currently spend up to 25 per cent of their time dealing with suspected offenders with mental health problems. This is the equivalent of around 26,000 officers. Paul Jenkins of the charity Rethink Mental Illness welcomed the new initiative. He said: "All too often, the way our criminal justice system deals with people with mental health problems leads to poor outcomes for individuals, and frustration from police officers…and others." He added: "This initiative has the potential to stop people going unnecessarily to prison, reduce reoffending rates and save millions in taxpayers' money."

Try the same news story at these easier levels:

Level 4 or Level 5

Sources

http://strongnews.sky.com/story/1190177/mental-health-nurses-in-police-stations-pilot
http://www.strongexpress.co.uk/news/health/452040/Help-for-unwell-who-break-the-law

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The 40 Lesson Activities on the PDF Handout

WARM-UPS

1. MENTAL HEALTH: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about mental health. Change partners often and share your findings.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.

pilot schemes / arrested / nurses / mental health issues / risk / policing / fighting crime / big impact / personnel / suspected offenders / initiative / frustration / taxpayers

Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.

3. JAILED: How should governments help people in prison with mental health issues? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

	Pros	Cons
Expert counselling
Drugs
Separate prisons
Mentors
Skills training
All of the above

4. POLICING: Students A strongly believe mental health nurses working with police will reduce crime; Students B strongly believe it won't. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

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5. CRIME: Rank these and share your rankings with your partner. Put the ones police should focus on most at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

• hacking

• shoplifting

• speeding

• selling drugs

• burglary

• vandalism

• assault

• stock market manipulation

6. POLICE: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "police". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.

BEFORE READING / LISTENING

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a.	The UK is training mental health workers as police officers.	T / F
b.	The pilot scheme is being trialled in all of England's police stations.	T / F
c.	The UK police want to spot people with mental health problems earlier.	T / F
d.	The scheme aims to cut the number of victims suffering from crime.	T / F
e.	UK police officers use up to 25% of their time in mental health training.	T / F
f.	A mental health charity was happy with the new scheme.	T / F
g.	The charity said the current situation is frustrating for police officers.	T / F
h.	The new scheme will cost taxpayers more money.	T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1.	pilot	a.	care
2.	scheme	b.	effect
3.	regions	c.	project
4.	treatment	d.	cut
5.	focused	e.	trial
6.	impact	f.	approach
7.	currently	g.	concentrated
8.	initiative	h.	presently
9.	potential	i.	areas
10.	reduce	j.	possibility

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1.	a pilot	a.	of more victims suffering
2.	10 different regions	b.	justice system
3.	identify those with	c.	on fighting crimes
4.	reduce the risk	d.	across England
5.	focused	e.	to stop people
6.	a big impact on how the UK's police	f.	in taxpayers' money
7.	dealing	g.	scheme
8.	criminal	h.	with suspected offenders
9.	This initiative has the potential	i.	mental health issues
10.	save millions	j.	force uses personnel

GAP FILL

The UK government has announced a (1) ____________ scheme to help mentally ill people who have been arrested by the police. Mental health nurses will work in police stations in 10 different (2) ____________ across England. The aim is to (3) ____________ those with mental health issues as early as possible so they receive the correct (4) ____________. The UK's Care and Support minister Norman Lamb explained: "Diverting the (5) ____________ away from offending, and helping to reduce the risk of more victims suffering due to further (6) ____________ benefits everyone." The minister in charge of policing, Damian Green, said: "Police officers should be (7) ____________ on fighting crimes, and people with mental health conditions should get the care they need as (8) ____________ as possible."

treatment
focused
regions
offences
pilot
early
identify
individual

The pilot project could have a big (9) ____________ on how the UK's police force uses personnel and resources. Police officers currently spend up to 25 per cent of their time (10) ____________ with suspected offenders with mental health problems. This is the (11) ____________ of around 26,000 officers. Paul Jenkins of the charity Rethink Mental Illness welcomed the new (12) ____________. He said: "All too often, the way our criminal justice system deals with people with mental health problems leads to poor (13) ____________ for individuals, and frustration from police officers…and others." He added: "This (14) ____________ has the (15) ____________ to stop people going unnecessarily to prison, reduce reoffending rates and save millions in (16) ____________ money."

initiative
taxpayers'
potential
initiative
impact
dealing
outcomes
equivalent

LISTENING - Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1)	The UK government has announced a ______
	a. pilot schemes b. piloted scheme c. piloting scheme d. pilot scheme
2)	Mental health nurses will work in police stations in 10 ______
	a. different region b. different legions c. different regions d. different legion
3)	identify those with mental health issues as early as possible so they receive the ______
	a. corrective treatment b. corrected treatment c. correction treatment d. correct treatment
4)	helping to reduce the risk of ______
	a. more victims' suffering b. more victims suffering c. more victim's suffering d. more victimless suffering
5)	Police officers should be focused ______
	a. on fighting crime b. on fighting grime c. on fighting crimes d. on fighting criminals
6)	have a big impact on how the UK's police force uses ______
	a. personnel and resources b. personal and resources c. purse annul and resources d. personally and resources
7)	spend up to 25 per cent of their time dealing with ______
	a. suspected offences b. suspected offenders c. suspect it offenders d. suspect it offences
8)	Paul Jenkins of the charity Rethink Mental Illness welcomed ______
	a. the new initiatives b. the news initiative c. the new initiative d. the newt initiative
9)	This initiative has the potential to stop people going ______
	a. unnecessarily to prison b. unnecessary to prison c. non-necessary to prison d. not necessarily to prison
10)	reduce reoffending rates and save millions in ______
	a. taxpayers' money b. taxpayer's money c. taxpayers money d. taxpayer is money

LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps

The UK government has announced (1) ___________________ help mentally ill people who have been arrested by the police. Mental health nurses will work in police stations in 10 (2) ___________________ England. The aim is to identify those with mental health (3) ___________________ possible so they receive the correct treatment. The UK's Care and Support minister Norman Lamb explained: "Diverting the individual away from offending, and helping to (4) ___________________ more victims suffering due to further offences benefits everyone." The minister (5) ___________________, Damian Green, said: "Police officers should be focused on fighting crimes, and people with mental health conditions should (6) ___________________ need as early as possible."

The pilot project could (7) ___________________ on how the UK's police force uses personnel and resources. Police officers currently spend up to 25 per cent of (8) ___________________ suspected offenders with mental health problems. This (9) ___________________ around 26,000 officers. Paul Jenkins of the charity Rethink Mental Illness welcomed the new initiative. He said: "All too often, the way our (10) ___________________ deals with people with mental health problems leads to poor outcomes for individuals, (11) ___________________ police officers…and others." He added: "This initiative has the potential to stop people going unnecessarily to prison, (12) ___________________ and save millions in taxpayers' money."

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.	Who will work in the new pilot scheme?
2.	How many different areas of the UK will test the scheme?
3.	What will the scheme give to people as early as possible?
4.	Who does the scheme want to suffer less?
5.	What did Damian Green say police should focus on?
6.	How much police time is spent on people with mental health problems?
7.	What did the charity Rethink Mental Illness think of the initiative?
8.	What kind of outcomes does the criminal justice system often lead to?
9.	What does the initiative have the potential to do?
10.	Who could save money from this initiative?

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ

1.	Who will work in the new pilot scheme?	6.	How much police time is spent on people with mental health problems?
	a) engineers b) teachers c) pilots d) nurses		a) 10% b) up to 25% c) almost half d) not much
2.	How many different areas of the UK will test the scheme?	7.	What did the charity Rethink Mental Illness think of the initiative?
	a) 9 b) 10 c) 11 d) 12		a) it rubbished it b) it ignored it c) it hailed it d) it welcomed it
3.	What will the scheme give to people as early as possible?	8.	What kind of outcomes does the criminal justice system often lead to?
	a) legal services b) a court date c) the correct treatment d) money		a) poor ones b) positive ones c) pitiful ones d) practical ones
4.	Who does the scheme want to suffer less?	9.	What does the initiative have the potential to do?
	a) victims of crime b) police officers c) taxpayers d) prison workers		a) provide more jobs b) fight crime c) cut the number of people going to prison d) stop people being arrested
5.	What did Damian Green say police should focus on?	10.	Who could save money from this initiative?
	a) paperwork b) helping the public c) fighting crime d) training		a) prisons b) taxpayers c) police officers d) criminals

ROLE PLAY

Role A – Hacking

You think hacking is the crime that's most important to fight. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are not as bad about their crimes. Also, tell the others which of these is the least important to fight (and why): speeding, vandalism or financial fraud.

Role B – Speeding

You think speeding is the crime that's most important to fight. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are not as bad about their crimes. Also, tell the others which of these is the least important to fight (and why): hacking, vandalism or financial fraud.

Role C – Vandalism

You think vandalism is the crime that's most important to fight. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are not as bad about their crimes. Also, tell the others which of these is the least important to fight (and why): speeding, hacking or financial fraud.

Role D – Financial fraud

You think financial fraud is the crime that's most important to fight. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that are not as bad about their crimes. Also, tell the others which of these is the least important to fight (and why): speeding, vandalism or hacking.

AFTER READING / LISTENING

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words 'pilot' and 'scheme'.

pilot

scheme

Share your findings with your partners.

Make questions using the words you found.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

Share your questions with other classmates / groups.
Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

announced
across
correct
due to
focused
care

25
26,000
new
often
poor
save

MENTAL HEALTH SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about mental health in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

	STUDENT 1 _____________	STUDENT 2 _____________	STUDENT 3 _____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.

Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.

Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

MENTAL HEALTH DISCUSSION

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

a)	What did you think when you read the headline?
b)	What springs to mind when you hear the term 'mental health'?
c)	What do you think about the UK's new scheme?
d)	What do people study to become a mental health nurse?
e)	What treatment do you think people in police stations might get?
f)	Should more money be spent helping people with mental health problems?
g)	Do you ever worry about your mental health?
h)	"Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with." (Adam Ant) What do you think?

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

a)	Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
b)	What are mental health problems?
c)	Are you surprised at the number of suspected offenders with mental health problems?
d)	What is the care like for people with mental health in your country?
e)	Do you think the new initiative will lead to a reduction in crime?
f)	Mental health is often missing from public health debates even though it's critical to wellbeing. (Diane Abbott) What do you think?
g)	What everyday things can affect our mental health?
h)	What questions would you like to ask a mental health expert?

DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1.	________________________________________________________
2.	________________________________________________________
3.	________________________________________________________
4.	________________________________________________________
5.	________________________________________________________
6.	________________________________________________________

LANGUAGE - CLOZE

The UK government has announced a (1) ____ scheme to help mentally ill people who have been arrested (2) ____ the police. Mental health nurses will work in police stations in 10 different regions across England. The (3) ____ is to identify those with mental health issues as early as possible so they receive the correct treatment. The UK's Care and Support minister Norman Lamb explained: "(4) ____ the individual away from offending, and helping to reduce the risk of more victims suffering due to (5) ____ offences benefits everyone." The minister in charge of policing, Damian Green, said: "Police officers should be focused (6) ____ fighting crimes, and people with mental health conditions should get the care they need as early as possible."

The pilot project could have a big (7) ____ on how the UK's police force uses personnel and resources. Police officers currently spend up to 25 per cent of their time (8) ____ with suspected offenders with mental health problems. This is the equivalent of around 26,000 officers. Paul Jenkins of the charity Rethink Mental Illness (9) ____ the new initiative. He said: "All too often, the way our criminal justice system (10) ____ with people with mental health problems leads to poor outcomes for individuals, and frustration from police officers…and others." He added: "This initiative has the (11) ____ to stop people going unnecessarily to prison, reduce (12) ____ rates and save millions in taxpayers' money."

Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.

1.	(a)	operator	(b)	driver	(c)	captain	(d)	pilot
2.	(a)	at	(b)	with	(c)	from	(d)	by
3.	(a)	target	(b)	aim	(c)	bulls eye	(d)	sight
4.	(a)	Diversion	(b)	Diverts	(c)	Diverting	(d)	Divert
5.	(a)	further	(b)	farther	(c)	father	(d)	furrier
6.	(a)	on	(b)	of	(c)	to	(d)	with
7.	(a)	impasse	(b)	implant	(c)	implosion	(d)	impact
8.	(a)	dealing	(b)	deals	(c)	dealt	(d)	dealer
9.	(a)	adored	(b)	welcomed	(c)	hailed	(d)	saluted
10.	(a)	dealings	(b)	dealers	(c)	deals	(d)	wheeler-dealers
11.	(a)	possible	(b)	probable	(c)	potential	(d)	promising
12.	(a)	reoffenders	(b)	reoffending	(c)	reoffends	(d)	reoffended

SPELLING

Paragraph 1
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2.	in 10 different nsegori
3.	tiiyfnde those with mental health issues
4.	Diverting the uiiladdvni away from offending
5.	victims suffering due to further fcsnfeoe
6.	officers should be ucdosfe on fighting crimes
Paragraph 2
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8.	the aiqltnueve of around 26,000 officers
9.	welcomed the new iniiaevtit
10.	criminal isjecut system
11.	poor uoomecst
12.	people going nrecylsinesua to prison

PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER

Number these lines in the correct order.

( )	with people with mental health problems leads to poor outcomes for individuals,
( )	spend up to 25 per cent of their time dealing with suspected offenders with mental health problems. This is the equivalent
( )	treatment. The UK's Care and Support minister Norman Lamb explained: "Diverting the individual away
( )	from offending, and helping to reduce the risk of more victims suffering due to further offences benefits
( )	The pilot project could have a big impact on how the UK's police force uses personnel and resources. Police officers currently
( )	people going unnecessarily to prison, reduce reoffending rates and save millions in taxpayers' money."
( )	of around 26,000 officers. Paul Jenkins of the charity Rethink Mental Illness welcomed the new
( )	across England. The aim is to identify those with mental health issues as early as possible so they receive the correct
( )	initiative. He said: "All too often, the way our criminal justice system deals
( )	crimes, and people with mental health conditions should get the care they need as early as possible."
( )	frustration from police officers…and others." He added: "This initiative has the potential to stop
( )	arrested by the police. Mental health nurses will work in police stations in 10 different regions
( )	everyone." The minister in charge of policing, Damian Green, said: "Police officers should be focused on fighting
( 1 )	The UK government has announced a pilot scheme to help mentally ill people who have been

PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER

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2.	issues The aim is to identify those with mental health.
3.	more reduce of suffering to risk victims Helping the.
4.	crimes be focused Police on officers fighting should.
5.	they early care as possible the need as Get.
6.	impact could have The a pilot big project.
7.	their with of dealing offenders time suspected 25%.
8.	officers This is the equivalent of around 26,000.
9.	our system people way justice with The criminal deals.
10.	initiative stop has people the potential This to.

CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS)

The UK government has announced a pilot / driver scheme to help mentally ill people who have been arrest / arrested by the police. Mental health nurses will work in police stations in 10 different regions / area across England. The aim / aims is to identify those with mental health issues / issue as early as possible so they receive / garner the correct treatment. The UK's Care and Support minister Norman Lamb explained: "Diverting / Diversion the individual away from offensive / offending, and helping to reduce the risk of more victims suffering dew / due to further offences benefits everyone." The minister in charge of policing, Damian Green, said: "Police officers should be focused on / in fighting crimes, and people with mental health conditions should get the care they need as early as possible."

The pilot project could have a big compact / impact on how the UK's police force uses personnel / personal and resources. Police officers currently spend towards / up to 25 per cent of their time dealing with suspected offenders with mental health problems. This is the equaling / equivalent of around 26,000 officers. Paul Jenkins of the charity Rethink Mental Illness welcomed / thanked the new initiative. He said: "All too always / often, the way our criminal justice system dealings / deals with people with mental health problems leads to poor / poverty outcomes for individuals, and frustrated / frustration from police officers…and others." He added: "This initiative has the potential to stop people going unnecessarily to prison, reduce reoffending rates and save millions on / in taxpayers' money."

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct.

INSERT THE VOWELS (a, e, i, o, u)

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PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS

the uk government has announced a pilot scheme to help mentally ill people who have been arrested by the police mental health nurses will work in police stations in 10 different regions across england the aim is to identify those with mental health issues as early as possible so they receive the correct treatment the uk's care and support minister norman lamb explained "diverting the individual away from offending and helping to reduce the risk of more victims suffering due to further offences benefits everyone" the minister in charge of policing damian green said "police officers should be focused on fighting crimes and people with mental health conditions should get the care they need as early as possible"

the pilot project could have a big impact on how the uk's police force uses personnel and resources police officers currently spend up to 25 per cent of their time dealing with suspected offenders with mental health problems this is the equivalent of around 26000 officers paul jenkins of the charity rethink mental illness welcomed the new initiative he said "all too often the way our criminal justice system deals with people with mental health problems leads to poor outcomes for individuals and frustration from police officers…and others" he added "this initiative has the potential to stop people going unnecessarily to prison reduce reoffending rates and save millions in taxpayers' money"

PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE

TheUKgovernmenthasannouncedapilotschemetohelpmentallyillpeoplewhoh
avebeenarrestedbythepolice.Mentalhealthnurseswillworkinpolicestationsin1
0differentregionsacrossEngland.Theaimistoidentifythosewithmentalhealthis
suesasearlyaspossiblesotheyreceivethecorrecttreatment.TheUK'sCareandS
upportministerNormanLambexplained:"Divertingtheindividualawayfromoffe
nding,andhelpingtoreducetheriskofmorevictimssufferingduetofurtheroffenc
esbenefitseveryone."Theministerinchargeofpolicing,DamianGreen,said:"Pol
iceofficersshouldbefocusedonfightingcrimes,andpeoplewithmentalhealthcon
ditionsshouldgetthecaretheyneedasearlyaspossible."Thepilotprojectcouldha
veabigimpactonhowtheUK'spoliceforceusespersonnelandresources.Policeoff
icerscurrentlyspendupto25percentoftheirtimedealingwithsuspectedoffender
swithmentalhealthproblems.Thisistheequivalentofaround26,000officers.Pau
lJenkinsofthecharityRethinkMentalIllnesswelcomedthenewinitiative.Hesaid:
"Alltoooften,thewayourcriminaljusticesystemdealswithpeoplewithmentalhe
althproblemsleadstopooroutcomesforindividuals,andfrustrationfrompoliceof
ficers…andothers."Headded:"Thisinitiativehasthepotentialtostoppeoplegoin
gunnecessarilytoprison,reducereoffendingratesandsavemillionsintaxpayers'
money."

FREE WRITING

Write about mental health for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.

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ACADEMIC WRITING

More mental health professionals should work in police stations. Discuss.

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HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about mental health and criminals. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. MENTAL HEALTH: Make a poster about mental health. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?

4. POLICE STATIONS: Write a magazine article about mental health professionals working in police stations. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against it.

Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).

5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.

6. LETTER: Write a letter to criminal justice expert. Ask him/her three questions about mental health professionals working in police stations. Give him/her three of your opinions on this. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

A Few Additional Activities for Students

Ask your students what they have read, seen or heard about this news in their own language. Students are likely to / may have have encountered this news in their L1 and therefore bring a background knowledge to the classroom.

Get students to role play different characters from this news story.

Ask students to keep track of this news and revisit it to discuss in your next class.

Ask students to male predictions of how this news might develop in the next few days or weeks, and then revisit and discuss in a future class.

Ask students to write a follow-up story to this news.

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ANSWERS

TRUE / FALSE (p.4)

a

F

b

F

c

T

d

T

e

F

f

T

g

T

h

F

SYNONYM MATCH (p.4)

1.	pilot	a.	trial
2.	scheme	b.	project
3.	regions	c.	areas
4.	treatment	d.	care
5.	focused	e.	concentrated
6.	impact	f.	effect
7.	currently	g.	presently
8.	initiative	h.	approach
9.	potential	i.	possibility
10.	reduce	j.	cut

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (p.8)

1.	Mental health nurses
2.	10
3.	The correct treatment
4.	Victims of crime
5.	Fighting crime
6.	Up to 25%
7.	It welcomed it
8.	Poor ones
9.	Stop people going unnecessarily to prison
10.	Taxpayers

MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ (p.9)

1.

d

2.

b

3.

c

4.

a

5.

c

6.

b

7.

d

8.

a

9.

c

10.

b

ALL OTHER EXERCISES

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Mental health nurses staff UK police stations (7th January, 2014)

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