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File on 4: Mental health rehab - the forgotten patients

Mental health rehab - the forgotten patients

BBC Radio 4 - File on 4, Mental health rehab - the forgotten patients

Adam Eley investigates concerns over specialist mental health rehabilitation units.

Adam Eley speaks to patients with the most complex mental health needs who were sent by the NHS to specialist rehabilitation units, where they say their condition got worse.

The NHS is sending patients with the most complex mental health needs to spend months or even years in specialist rehabilitation units, with the promise of helping them to recover. Adam Eley speaks to some patients who say they were sent to units sometimes hours from home, where poor care meant their condition got worse. Some experts say there is not enough oversight of the care provided.

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Reporter: Adam Eley
Producer: Emma Forde
Editor: Nicola Addyman

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