The facilities are designed to reduce the number of patients who travel outside the county for treatmentWork is due to start on new £148.4m mental health facilities in Derbyshire aimed at reducing the number of patients having to travel outside the county for care.It is hoped they will improve safety, privacy and dignity for psychiatric patients by eliminating dormitory-style accommodation.
He said he had needed inpatient care in 2013 but had to be sent to Harrogate, in North Yorkshire, and spent 14 weeks away from his home in Alfreton, Derbyshire, because there were no suitable local facilities."As I got closer to going home, it got far more difficult being away."
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