Claim: The number of hospital beds for people with acute mental health conditions has fallen by 30%.
Fact-check: Mental health: there are fewer beds, nurses and psychiatry trainees than in 2010 - Full Fact
Verdict: these years aren't comparable due to a change in collection method from 2010. between 2010 and 2017 there was a 22% drop.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Grace Rahman
Date published: 2018-07-26T00:00:00