Friday, 19 July 2019

Thousands go missing from mental health hospitals in England each year

Thousands go missing from mental health hospitals in England each year Thousands of patients went missing from mental health hospitals in England last year, NHS figures show.

A total of 3,462 people who had been sectioned under the Mental Health Act went AWOL - absent without leave - from facilities between April 2018 and March 2019.

This is a 4.4% rise on the previous year during which 3,316 patients went missing. Sky News

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