Third of mental health patients should not be in care - Ombudsman

By Melissa Davey
November 30 2012 - 3:00am

PATIENTS admitted to psychiatric hospitals as teenagers are often still in care more than 40 years later, with some being discharged into nursing homes despite wanting to go home.

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