Delays for mental health patients amid ‘heavy demand’ and lack of beds

Shortages of specialist mental health beds coupled with an increase in demand means patients in crisis in London are spending too long in the emergency department (ED), inspectors have warned. The Care Quality Commission carried out an unannounced inspection of the ED at St Thomas’…

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