The Cameron,Clegg coalition will mean that Britain will be run by the first coalition government since Winston Churchill's wartime alliance ran the country from 1940 to 1945, BMH UK get experts from the community's views the on these developments

'Hope relationships built while coalition were in opposition will serve us well now they are in power'

Pastor Ade Omooba of the Christian Victory Group and CCFON - ‘I always said that there would be a hung parliament just because i felt that one party  is less open to listening to differing views.

A hung parliament would hopefull make the leaders listen to the issues, with a coalition it will give us greater opportunity to be heard

It's early days and it is untested waters in many ways, i think we see should see what the coalition rolls out in terms of health care.
What they are saying at the moment sounds good, but it is only when the rubber hits the road that we'll really see the true nature of this new administration.  I am hopeful that as the new coalition will be forced to listen to one sometime opposing view from one another they will also be more open to listening to the views of the populace. Some good relationships have been formed with both parties over many of the issues surrounding Black Mental Health when they were in opposition, we hope that they will be equally receptive now there are in power, but we'll have to wait and see.'

'Cuts in services mean failures in service provision likely to get worse'

Jackie Mclean  former manager of Omincare Community  - ‘I am not surprised by the coalition as there has been alot of speculation on the press that this would be the likely outcome of the election for quite some time.

As far as this coalition being good for those from our communities who use mental health services I am not very optimistic. 

Locally in Birmingham the city council is control by a coalition of Liberal and Conservative councils and we have seen a lot if not all black led housing providers and community based mental health services have their funding cut. If this is an indication of what happens under the kind of political coalition it does not bode well for the country.

I think that the situation concerning mental health provisions for our communities will get worse and the excuse will be that money needs to be spent elsewhere to get us out of the recession.  Until we have some kind of tragedy that gets picked up by the national press there won't be any change in this sector.

It doesn't seem to matter that black people are dying on the wards every day, if it did the findings in all these inquiries would be acted upon to ensure that the tradgey does not happen again, but they  do not which makes it clear that it doesn't really appear to matter at all.'

The Liberals has aligned themselves with the Tories and so all the cuts that Tories make will now be associated with them.

Whatever party is in power it looks like there are likely to be enormous cutbacks and controls on immigration. This will have an effect on the way visible minorities who have settled in this country are treated; it will have a backlash on the people in this country who are seen as children of immigrant, which have serious implications for minorities who use mental health services.

I do not see any improvements in the area of mental health care for minorities under this coalition government.'    

'Fear cuts will be felt hardest by the most vulnerable'

Deborah Cole co-director of Inquest   - ‘My fear is that is that the proposed severe cuts in services will be felt hardest by the most vulnerable in our society such as those who are at risk of dying while in custody.  We have very uncertain future in front of us and we need to ensure that this issue is not pushed off the agenda.

Accountability for those who die in the care of the state and the role on an inquest that ensures that all deaths are subject to public scrutiny still remains our number one concern.

A change in government will affect how this issue is viewed and I worry about how high up the agenda a Tory coalition government will put this.

We can only hope that they recognise the Ministerial Council on Deaths in Custody and see the importance of the Independent Advisory Panel which supports it, as it is the only government agency with a focus on bringing about a sustained reduction in the number of deaths in prisons, police custody, immigrations detention centres and those detained in hospital under the Mental Health Act.'