Reduce out-of-area rehabilitation placements for complex psychosis, says NICE

Commissioners should work to reduce the number of out-of-area rehabilitation placements for people with complex psychosis and related mental health conditions and explain when patients will be able to be treated locally, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has said.1

The NICE draft guidelines recommended that more people should have rehabilitation closer to home, as this would improve their quality …