Ministers under fire over breaking of mental health crisis pledge in England

Target to end ‘inappropriate’ out-of-area placements by April 2021 due to lack of beds has not been met

Ministers are under fire for breaking a key pledge on mental health after statistics showed that hundreds of patients are being sent far from home every month because of a beds crisis.

The government pledged to end “inappropriate” out-of-area placements in mental health for adults in England – those caused by a lack of beds in treatment units near the person’s home – by April this year.

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