Mental health detentions soar

in 2016/17 up from 105,000. A recent review said many vulnerable people are detained without proper checks.

Minister Jackie Doyle-Price said the Government was reforming the current system and determined to protect “some of the most vulnerable in our society”. THE number of forcible detentions in hospitals and care homes has risen 45% in a year to hit a new record.

NHS Digital figures for 2016/17 show Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, which also allow use of controls such as locks, straps and medication, rose to 152,000