What does a contracted nhs inpatient bed mean

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With regards to a mental health bef

It means there are no places in an NHS hospital, but a patient has been put in a non-NHS facility, which has a contract with whichever NHS Trust the patient comes under

So they can be used by patients in that trust?

Yes.

Orthopaedic and opthalmology patients are frequently treated in private hospitals under NHS contracts, as are urgent cancer scans.

My late mother was a mental patient and was so severely ill during one episode, she had to be sectioned.

She had previously been held at an NHS secure ward, but during this episode, she was held at a private facility.

I was a MH patient waiting for a bed
The NHS sent me to the Priory as there were none available anywhere