Six mental health pilot sites to redesign services and prevent patients being admitted to hospital miles away from home go live

NHS England has announced six pilot sites across the country to drive the design of new approaches to delivering children and young people’s mental health services and secure mental health services.

The sites will be tasked with reducing psychiatric hospital admissions and time spent in hospital, putting an end to the practice of adults and young people with mental health problems being sent for in-patient treatment miles away from home.

To read more, go to: https://www.england.nhs.uk/2016/09/mh-pilot-sites/