Mental health patients increasingly sent 'hundreds of miles' for care More mental health patients are being sent hundreds of miles from home for treatment, new figures have revealed.
NHS figures showed more than 3,000 patients were placed over 100km (62 miles) from home for treatment because of a lack of beds - a 35% increase since last year.
The NHS spends an average of £9m a month on so-called inappropriate Outside Area Placements (OAPs). BBC News
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