Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to publish proposals for eliminating out of area placements for non-specialised services for acute adult psychiatric care.

In February 2016, the independent Commission on Acute Adult Psychiatric Care described widespread problems with finding acute inpatient beds. As a result, the Commission made a recommendation to eliminate the practice of sending people out of the area for care due to local acute bed pressures.

NHS England has, in collaboration with all arms’ length bodies, prepared a response to all of the recommendations. It is currently in the final stages of clearance and is intended to be published shortly.