NHS mental health care ‘pushed to breaking point by lack of beds’

NHS mental health care ‘pushed to breaking point by lack of beds’Patients are being put at serious risk, says Royal College of Psychiatrists – on some days in some areas there are simply no beds available

The lack of acute beds available to mental health patients has left the system at breaking point, the Royal College of Psychiatrists has said.

Illustrating the scale of the problem, the college said it understood that on one occasion last year there were no beds available for adults in England. It called for action to tackle the problem. Continue reading... The Guardian

See also:

• Beds crisis hits NHS care for mentally ill children The Guardian
• Mental Health Services for Young People Need Money and New Ideas, Not Outrage Huffington Post