Blackberry Hill hospital
More than 40 seriously ill children have been sent for treatment outside the West of England in the last 10 months after two mental health units in Bristol closed.
Protect our NHS said the shocking situation adds to the trauma and anguish to families already in a desperate situation, but health bosses said it was unforeseen.
The Priory closed its intensive care unit in July, and then its Brunel ward shut in September, while the Riverside at Blackberry Hill Hospital has been closed for refurbishments for more than a year.
Retired GP Dr Charlotte Peterson raised the issue with the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) Clinical Commissioning Group’s governing body earlier this month.