Mental health patients ‘should not have to travel across England for beds’

Independent commission lists ways psychiatric services must improve, and notes funding lag behind physical health

Mental health patients ‘should not have to travel across England for beds’

Lack of funding for some mental health services in England is putting vulnerable people, including children, at risk, the report says. Photograph: Alamy   James Meikle Mental health services in England must stop sending severely ill adults long distances from homes and families – sometimes to hospitals hundreds of miles away – because of local […]