title: Mental health. Taking a pounding.
abstract: Reduction in NHS beds for mental health patients has led to increasing use of the private sector. The cost of a bed in the private sector can be 75 per cent more than one in the NHS. The use of private beds diverts funding away from community mental health teams. Extensive use of private beds present problems for community mental health teams which struggle to keep track of patients.
authors.affiliation: South Downs Health Trust.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D001509:Bed Occupancy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric / Q000191:economics*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D006801:Humans; D017149:Private Sector / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom