Mental health patients sent hundreds of miles for beds as out of area placements rise 23 per cent

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Mental health services spent millions of pounds sending patients hundreds of miles for beds last year as use of ‘out of area’ hospitals increased by almost a quarter, research by Community Care and BBC News has found.