Nichola Crust: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Senior safety investigator at HSSIB
- Quoted on
- Mental health, Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 29 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 8 Sept 2026
“Our investigation found that emergency departments are often caring for people in crisis in spaces that were not designed for prolonged mental health care.”
What Nichola Crust has said
“Without clear legal frameworks, staff repeatedly told us that they are placed in an impossible position when trying to keep people safe”
Senior safety investigator at HSSIB · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 8 Sept 2026 · Urgent action needed to help ED nurses with mental health patients in crisis ↗
Where Nichola Crust has been quoted
- EDs unequipped to handle mental health care demandsnursingtimes.net · 29 Sept 2026
- Urgent action needed to help ED nurses with mental health patients in crisisnursingtimes.net · 8 Sept 2026
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