Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit’s Strategy Unit, November 2019
Royal College of Psychiatrists commissioned report from Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit’s Strategy Unit and explores the pressures on inpatient mental health services across Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships in England, drawing on a wide range of datasets, published research and interviews with staff working on mental health services. It finds hundreds more NHS mental health beds are needed in England to help end the practice, known as out-of-area placements (OAPs – sending severely ill patients far from home for treatment). The report explores the pressures on inpatient mental health services across Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships in England, drawing on a range of datasets, published research and interviews with staff working on mental health services.
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