Former health minister Norman Lamb attacks ‘discrimination at heart of NHS’ that in bed shortage prioritises patients with physical over mental health problemsMore than 2000 people a month with mental health illnesses in England are being sent miles from their homes,sometimes hundreds, because of a chronic shortage of beds, and NHS figures reveal.Of these,more than 500 end up as inpatients at least 30 miles from their domestic area, the Health and Social Care Information Centre data shows. This is despite such moves often causing mighty distress and increasing the risk of suicide among patients.
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Source: theguardian.com