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    Mentally unwell children put through ‘torture’ on wrong NHS wards, watchdog warns

    by Rebecca Thomas May 23, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: PA Wire

    Children with mental health illnesses are forced to stay in wards not fit to care for them with patients warning these hospital stays are like a “form of torture”, an NHS safety watchdog has found.

    Children with mental health conditions were admitted to general hospital wards, not intended for mental health care, nearly 44,000 times in 2021 and 2022, the Health Services Safety Investigation Body has warned.

    These wards which are “noisy, busy and brightly lit” are not

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