Nearly 500 patients have been moved to privately run mental health facilities in the last eight years, costing the taxpayer £76 million. Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust , which is responsible for mental health care across the county, spent £14m on private beds in 2022/23.
Like procedures such as eye, hip and knee operations, the NHS outsources mental health support to the private sector. This means trusts rely on private providers, some of whom can be situated miles away from patient's homes, for complex and expensive specialised care.The amount of cash spent on private beds steadily increased from £2m to £6.4m between 2015 and 2018, but ballooned to £11m in 2018/19.
This equates to a per-patient rise from £44,500 to £254,000. NHFT chief executive Ifti Majid said the costs had been driven by an increase in bed price. He said the upwards spending trend is likely to continue. "This mirrors the national picture of high demand for inpatient beds and an increase in the complexity of patients cared for, so not an issue unique to Nottinghamshire Healthcare," he said.
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