NHS data shows that 630 patients were in inappropriate out of area placements (OAPs) at the end of August 2022.
Experts say such placements, which the NHS said would end by March 2021, are traumatic for patients and costly. BBC News
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Wednesday 16 November 2022
Mental health patients sent miles due to bed shortage
Mental health patients sent miles due to bed shortage Hundreds of mental health patients in England are sent to hospitals miles from home each month because of local bed shortages - more than a year after the NHS aimed to end the practice.
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