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Mental health care for young criticised

A family who have driven over 25,000 miles in two years to visit their teenage daughter in a psychiatric unit say it is a national disgrace she could not get a bed nearer their home.
Chloe Hodge, 18, has severe anxiety and PTSD - but a shortage of beds near her home in Cornwall means she has spent two years in a mental health unit 300 miles away.
Last year the government admitted mental health services for children and young people in England were in need of a "complete overhaul" and promised to prioritise improved care as close to home as possible, for children and young people in crisis.
Chloe Hodge's father Pol says says she is ''cut off from her family and friends'' because of the distance.

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