but there are serious concerns over standards of care on some wards. lissa s mental health deteriorated within the unit, she tried to take her own life 32 times within six months. i was there to be able to get better and i felt that i came away, like, worse. a bbc investigation has found some patients are placed within units for a decade or more. many experts want a greater focus on community care. there are significant amounts of money, around half a billion pounds, spent on this cohort of people. when people are supported in their community it is less expensive and obviously, from a patient experience perspective, people want to live in a community. the government says it is rolling out integrated community mental health teams to give 370,000 people with severe mental illness greater choice. lissa left her unit after nine months. after taking her case to a mental health tribunal.
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. but there are serious concerns over standards of care on some wards. lissa s mental health deteriorated within the unit, she tried to take her own life 32 times within six months. i was there to be able to get better and i felt that i came away, like, worse. a bbc investigation has found some patients are placed within units for a decade or more. many experts want a greater focus on community care. there are significance amounts of money, around half a billion pounds, spent on this cohort of people. when people are supported in their community it is less expensive and obviously, from a patient experience perspective, people want to live in a community. the government says it is rolling
in the previous 20 months. some believe the nhs should never have sent her there. i struggle with us having the knowledge that an environment is rated as inadequate and thinking that is the best place to confine the people we are supposed to care for. it doesn t 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. but there are serious concerns over standards of care on some wards. lisa s mental health deteriorated within the unit. she tried to take her own life 32 times within six months. i was there to be able to get better and i felt that i came away, like, worse. a bbc investigation has found some patients are placed within units for a decade or more. many experts want a greater focus on community care. there are significant amounts of money, around half a billion pounds,
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. but there are serious concerns over standards of care on some wards. lissa s mental health deteriorated within the unit. she tried to take her own life 32 times within six months. i was there to be able to get better and i felt that i came away, like, worse. a bbc investigation has found some patients are placed within units for a decade or more. many experts want a greater focus on community care. there are significant amounts of money, around half a billion pounds, spent on this cohort of people. when people are supported in their community it is less expensive and, obviously, from a patient experience perspective, people want to live in the community. the government says it is rolling out integrated community mental