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Children with mental illness admitted to adult wards amid bed shortage
Acutely ill children as young as 12 years old are being admitted to adult wards
By: Information Daily Staff Writer
Published: Thursday, February 20, 2014 – 09:51
Acutely ill children as young as 12 years old are being admitted to adult wards due to bed shortages at specialist child services, a Community Care/ BBC investigation has found.
350 minors were admitted to adult mental health wards in the first nine months of the period 2013/14, up from 242 in 2011/12, data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act has revealed.
Of these minors, 12 were aged under 16 and one was just 12 years old, a situation NHS England admits is “totally unacceptable in the majority of cases”.
The investigation also found that many children were being uprooted from their communities and sent to mental health wards up to 150 miles away from home. One child was sent a record 275 miles away, leaving their Sussex home to stay in Greater Manchester.
Women in their late 60s are the group most likely to be admitted to hospital for anxiety problems
Women in their late 60s are the group most likely to be admitted to hospital for anxiety problems, new figures have revealed.
More than six out of 10 hospital admissions for anxiety were among women, but 28 per cent of the total admissions across both sexes were for women aged 60 and over.
A report from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) also shows that women aged between 65 and 69 were the most affected, whereas men aged 45 to 49 were most likely to need hospital treatment for their anxiety.
Mental health patients ‘failed’ says report on Hellesdon Hospital
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) report said improvements were needed
A Norfolk hospital which looks after people with mental health problems is failing to meet expected levels of care, according to a report.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) report on Hellesdon Hospital said improvements were needed.
It said patients’ needs were “not always assessed in a timely way” and many care plans were out of date.
The Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the hospital, said it was addressing concerns.
The CQC also found that risk assessments were often incomplete, and that one patient inspectors talked to did not know he had been detained under the Mental Health Act.
