More mental health patients sent hundreds of miles
"It's a discrimination, at the heart of our NHS, against people with mental ill health" Norman Lamb, Lib Dem MP
By Michael Buchanan Social Affairs Correspondent, BBC News Nearly 5,500 mental health patients in England had to travel out of their area last year because of a lack of hospital beds, new figures show. Some patients had to travel nearly 300 miles, while one trust had to declare a major incident. The figures, obtained through Freedom […]
