Mental health patients treated far from home 'less likely to recover'

Mental health patients treated far from home 'less likely to recover' NHS watchdog expresses concern over wellbeing of thousands of patients and cost to NHS of ‘out of area’ care

Thousands of people with serious mental health problems are being locked up in treatment units far away from their homes, and left isolated and less likely to recover, the NHS’s care watchdog has warned.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is concerned that such patients’ chances of making a full recovery are being hit because they are denied regular contact with relatives and friends. Continue reading... The Guardian

See also:

• NHS spending £350m a year to send mental health patients miles from home The Independent