Norfolk and Suffolk NHS trust told ‘no mental health beds available

An NHS trust was told there were no mental health beds available across England, its medical director has said.

Dr Bohdan Solomka told the BBC on Sunday the lack of beds applied across the NHS and among private providers.

The Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust medical director’s revelation prompted Norwich MP Clive Lewis to call for delays in planned bed closures.

NHS England said it was up to local NHS commissioners to ensure patients got the care they needed.

Dr Solomka confirmed that up to Sunday night “there were no adult acute inpatient beds in England available to us either from NHS or private providers”…

 

Full article at BBC Norfolk and Suffolk.