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Crisis at Bodmin dementia ward forces patients to travel hundreds of miles in search of suitable care

Crisis at Bodmin dementia ward forces patients to travel hundreds of miles in search of suitable care

Posted By theboss on 19th January 2019

By Anne North More than half of all dementia patients on a Bodmin hospital ward cannot be discharged because there is nowhere suitable for them to go. Because patients cannot…

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