Mental health

Independent sector profits from lack of NHS secure beds

By 2014-04-24T00:01:00

Patient in bed

A lack of secure inpatient NHS beds has driven a £21m overspend in NHS England’s budget for independent sector mental health providers. HSJ analysis reveals the organisation overspent £21m on independent mental health providers, 5 per cent more than its planned spending on this sector.

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