some viewers may find her descriptions upsetting. i had a little bit of depression from when i was a kid and then, when i lost my dad, that was a tricky time. i d gone through a lot of trauma. by 2019, lissa from coventry had been in and out of hospital struggling with her mental health. the nhs decided to centre for treatment at a specialist rehabilitation unit. i was desperate. i had no other choice. but the hospital she was sent to run by company cygnet health care was in special measures at the time. there had been two deaths in the previous 20 months. some believe the nhs should never have sent her there. i struggle with us having the knowledge that the environment is rated as inadequate and thinking that is the best place to confine the people we are supposed to care for. it does not add up for me. at least 3,500 patients are treated within mental health rehabilitation units each year run by both the nhs and private providers.
in mental health rehabilitation units say they have been placed in unsafe environments, often far from home, with staff that are not suitably trained. some patients remain there for ten or more years. our reporter adam eley has been to meet lissa, who says her experience made her condition worse. some viewers may find her descriptions upsetting. i had a little bit of depression from when i was a kid and then, when i lost my dad, that was a tricky time. i d gone through a lot of trauma. by 2019, lissa from coventry had been in and out of hospital struggling with her mental health. the nhs decided to centre for treatment at a specialist rehabilitation unit. i was desperate. i had no other choice. but the hospital she was sent to run by company cygnet health care was in special measures at the time. there had been two deaths in the previous 20 months. some believe the nhs should never have sent her there. i struggle with us having the knowledge that the environment is rated as inadequate