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Britain Upgrades Mental Health Facilities

The BBC News today reported that Britain is embarking on a major upgrade to its mental health hospitals:

Mental health facilities are among the oldest in the NHS An extra £130m will be spent on upgrading mental health hospitals and facilities, the government has announced. Regional health bosses will be given the money next year to invest in ageing wards and intensive care units.

Mental health facilities are among the oldest in the NHS with facilities so poor in some areas that patients have to be assessed in police stations.

Campaigners said the money was desperately needed.

Over a third of psychiatric intensive care units failed an audit last year, many for a lack of ensuite facilities or being too crowded.

For full article see: Cash for mental health hospitals (bbc)