Hundreds of mental health patients in Scotland have been transferred to England and Wales for treatment over the last five years, new figures have revealed.
Figures obtained by the Scottish Conservatives, following Freedom of Information requests to health boards, revealed that 150 patients have been forced to travel hundreds of miles for treatment.
The longest distance travelled by a patient came in at 600 miles, from Inverness to London, while another Highland patient suffering from an eating disorder was transferred 552 miles as “no beds were available in Scotland”.