Out-of-area mental health placements: we must increase resources for severe mental illness and capacity for inpatient care

Abstract

The Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) report1 on out-of-area mental health inpatient placements provides a welcome spotlight on the problem.2 Psychiatrists have, however, repeatedly raised concerns since the Royal College of Psychiatrists set up the Commission on Acute Adult Inpatient Care in …