PATIENTS in need of urgent mental health support are now being sent to other hospitals instead of Inverclyde's A&E. NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde have set up new mental health assessment units as part of their wider response to emergency care during the pandemic. Those presenting with a crisis or in distress are now assessed in the specialist units, as opposed to going to the local accident and emergency. Details of the shift were contained in a report which was requested by the local health and social care committee in response to the widespread public concern over recent changes to intensive care at IRH.