Reports of a male in distress in the vicinity of Sandown Pier led to a full Coastguard search being carried out during the early hours of this morning (Wednesday).
Coastguard Rescue Teams from Ventnor and The Needles were tasked to The Bay at 02:50 alongside Sandown & Shanklin Independent Lifeboat.
A shoreline search was carried out between Yaverland and Shanklin, but nothing was found.
As search and rescue teams prepared to stand down, news came through that the gentleman had been located safe and well elsewhere.
Care in the community is both costly and, as we see on here weekly, ineffective. Perhaps time for large, lockable Government run institutions to watch over the vulnerable, to ensure their and OUR safety, and to save the costs of council tax payer funding individual homes, paying individual council taxes, electric, gas, water for these people.
Although deemed as more costly, by the time the costs mentioned above are taken out, and the cost of emergency services, the risk of many turning to drink, drugs, etc, then if all housed in institutions, their sick, dole or other payments could be taken and controlled by the state run places, limiting addictive purchases and helping to pay for their homes and services.
It would also free up more houses, and make the streets safer too.
Sometimes the old ways, WITH new thinking, are best for all.
Where in this article does it say that this was a “care in the community” issue or individual? Pure speculation.
really and you think locking someone up as you put it , helps their mentalhealth
Yes there’s been many more suicides this year due to lockdown so lockup will make even more
wow!! what a prat ^^^
my god war veteran – please rethink that opinion..
has it occurred to you that this individual was not vulnerable and was just someone having a terrible moment, which passed – he may have had some awful news, gone to a friends and then planned to head home later, as he may have had work in the morning.
whilst we do have secure units etc, the days of the asylums are long gone.
Sometimes old ways are old for a damn good reason. Who in their right minds is liking his comment?
And don’t forget SPI who were also in attendance
I see SPIIOW again helping out in the community. this charity undertake some really good work in our community and saving life’s ina time where our IW council and Government are stopping most support
Surely that is the role of the emergency services – we pay our taxes and we are grateful
To have the most sophisticated fire service in the world – a leading police and ambulance force and a coastguard rescue service provided by volunteers. Whilst charities are good and effective they are not rescue units and can sometimes be more dangerous – even in the hospital mental
Health is done by specialists it’s a complex part of care. From my experience more money than ever has been ploughed into the nhs and emergency services
Jono j i would like to point out that as part of a charity who has been trained in mental health, safeguarding etc we are not more dangerous as you put it, we give the community someone to call when in crisis and call the necessary agencies when needed so i do find your comment a little naive…..Are you saying charities can be dangerous ?? Also have you witnessed the state our MH is in ??.
That’s what the islands CRISIS team is for – professionals who are qualified and not just trained. I 100% agree a support network from charities is essential – so many charities give support but they are not there as front line. Like the British heart foundation don’t go out to cardiac arrests or the blind society don’t go out to eye emergencies ? No disrespect to volunteers they are worth their weight in gold but they aren’t emergency staff. The country should be continuing to properly staff police snd other services to ensure we have a leading front line resource. And then these people should refer to charities as a secondary option or support network after initial emergency.
SPI do a fantastic job and are a great group of people. So lucky to have them on our Island.