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Inside: Bristol’s Private Mental Health Services

As NHS mental health beds remain in short supply, the private sector fills the gaps, but there are concerns about standards of care and accountability.

This series will investigate poor care and explore why huge private companies are being paid by the NHS to care for people in most need.

Separated: The damaging rise in people sent to private mental health hospitals away from family

Local NHS bosses have vowed to end mental health out-of-area placements by March next year, but 2019 saw a increase in people being sent away to private beds locally and far away.

Inside: Private mental health services in Bristol investigated

Frontline workers and families speak out as the Cable investigates why private sector involvement is growing and what impact it’s having on people in Bristol.

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