Mental health

Surge in patients sent hundreds of miles for care

By 2024-05-23T04:00:00

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The number of people sent out of their home area for a mental health bed – in some cases hundreds of miles away – has increased to a five-year high, despite national ambitions to eliminate the practice.

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