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Health Commission hears BERT six-month report and phased plan to replace deputy functions with behavioral response staff
Summary
Department leaders presented phased implementation of a Behavioral Emergency Response Team at Zuckerberg San Francisco General, hiring updates and data showing 96% successful interventions and 77% of emergent calls completed without law enforcement during the July'Dec 2021 review period.
San Francisco Department of Public Health staff briefed the Health Commission on implementation steps for a new safety-services staffing model centered on a Behavioral Emergency Response Team (BERT) that will phase in psychiatric nurses, licensed vocational nurses and psychiatric technicians to provide behavioral-health response across hospital campuses.
Mr. Price outlined a phased rollout at Zuckerberg San Francisco General with the goal of ultimately staffing 31.9 BERT FTEs to provide 24-hour coverage and reduce deputy involvement in clinical behavioral…
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