title: Mental health. Home truths.
abstract: The delayed discharge of patients on mental health wards costs over pounds sterling 110 m per year. The problem is worsened by the fact that modernisation of mental health services is being hit by cuts. The DoH is considering fines for every day a patient who should have been discharged remains in hospital.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gould
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D010360:Patient Transfer; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom