09 Dec Rising Concerns Over the Absconding and Suicide Rates in the UK’S Mental Health Facilities
An average of 1,224 patient suicides per year over the last decade, but nurses still only report 47% of absconders to the police, Lucy Lynch investigates Between 2001 and 2011, 13,469 suicides were reported Periods of time away from the setting of a mental health ward is...