Figures come two years after ministers pledged to end ‘dangerous’ practice and highlight ongoing chronic shortage of mental health beds in NHS
More than 5,000 mental health patients have been sent at least 62 miles from home for treatment in the two years since ministers pledged to banish the “dangerous” practice.
The disclosure prompted calls for the “scandal” of out of area placements in mental health care to end, with claims that it represents “another broken government promise on the NHS”.
