Patients at risk in ‘crumbling’ mental health wards, NHS leaders warn Patient safety is at risk in “crumbling” NHS mental health hospitals starved of the money needed to improve dilapidated buildings, new data has revealed.
Hundreds of vulnerable mentally ill patients are still being cared for in 350 old dormitory-style wards, 20 years after the NHS was told to provide all patients with en-suite rooms.
A lack of funding to refurbish hospitals has also meant too many wards still have ligature points that patients can use to try to harm themselves. The Independent
Hundreds of vulnerable mentally ill patients are still being cared for in 350 old dormitory-style wards, 20 years after the NHS was told to provide all patients with en-suite rooms.
A lack of funding to refurbish hospitals has also meant too many wards still have ligature points that patients can use to try to harm themselves. The Independent
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