Mental Health Services: Out of Area Treatment
(asked on 19th June 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
What steps he has taken to reduce inappropriate out-of-area placements for mental health services.
This question was answered on 19th June 2018
Inappropriately placing people away from their home area is unacceptable and the Government is committed to eliminating these in non-specialist, acute mental health care by 2020/21. NHS England and NHS Improvement now have a comprehensive national programme supporting reductions in inappropriate placements. Every part of the country now has a clear, realistic plan for ending out of area placements safely by 2021, with many areas having already ended this practice altogether.