Scandal of the mental health patients being sent more than 125 miles away for care

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Scandal of the mental health patients being sent more than 125 miles away for care

People with mental health issues from Greater Manchester have been put in care up to 180 miles away as pressure on services mounts, the M.E.N. can reveal.
NHS figures show five patients from the region were placed between 125 and 185 miles away as of December by Greater Manchester West NHS Foundation Trust.

Mental health bosses face fury of patients and unions over ‘cruel, shameful’ cuts

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Mental health bosses face fury of patients and unions over ‘cruel, shameful’ cuts

Trust chiefs were grilled at a public meeting over shock plans to axe £1.5m in frontline services 9 th December. 2015 BY: JENNIFER WILLIAMS Manchester’s mental health trust bosses have faced the wrath of patients and trade unions at a stormy meeting on £1.5m in ‘cruel’ cuts to frontline services. Health chiefs were accused of […]