The local NHS Trust has announced plans for the county's first Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit, more support for hospital patients with mental health issues and shorter waits for counselling and psychiatry.
Helen Crossfield, director of the Exeter and Mid and East Devon Samaritans, says she's pleased the Government is recognising the need for improvements in services.
Exeter care agency rated 'inadequate' and in special measures
Bosses at Horizon Care insist change
Raw sewage spews into Plymouth suburb estate and woods
Concerns raised for public health and wildlife in Woolwell
Councillor stands under trees to stop chainsaw massacre
Emergency preservation order now in place
Three years jail for charity box thief
And he can't eat in McDonald's for eight years
Spat over whether 'inadequate' children's services are as bad as MP suggests
Exeter's Steve Race believes they are in 'last chance saloon;
