Bethlem Hospital to close adolescent unit following patient break-out
AN ADOLESCENT unit at a secure mental health hospital in Beckenham will suspend services following a break-out last week.
Four male teenagers escaped from a unit at Bethlem Hospital in Monks Orchard Road on Sunday February 26.
All four men have since been apprehended and moved to a different service.
A spokesman for South London and Maudsley NHS Trust said: "We recognise the seriousness of this incident and have decided to suspend operation of the unit once the two remaining young people on the unit are transferred to other appropriate services.
“A decision on the unit’s long term future will be taken once an external inquiry into all of the circumstances of this incident is complete."
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