Seven in ten children with severe mental health problems sent to hospitals far from home Seven in ten children and teenagers with severe mental health problems are being treated in hospitals far from home, with some sent hundreds of miles, an investigation has found.
Soaring numbers of children are being treated in regions beyond where they live, official figures show, with a doubling of cases in some areas.
Psychiatrists said the figures were “alarming” with children being forced to suffer the “incredible wrench” of being left miles from their family, at a time when they were at the most vulnerable. The Daily Telegraph
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Soaring numbers of children are being treated in regions beyond where they live, official figures show, with a doubling of cases in some areas.
Psychiatrists said the figures were “alarming” with children being forced to suffer the “incredible wrench” of being left miles from their family, at a time when they were at the most vulnerable. The Daily Telegraph
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