article_snippet: A mental health patient was held in a police cell for almost two days because there were no beds available at nearby hospitals, A mental health patient has emerged.
article_snippet: A mental health patient is one of almost 200 people in Wiltshire held by the county's police force in the last two years because there was no suitable healthcare provision.
article_snippet: Meanwhile across the UK last year, 7,000 people with mental health problems ended up being held in police cells.
article_snippet: A mental health patient in Wiltshire was held in a police cell for almost two days because there were no suitable mental health hospital beds available (file picture posed by model)
article_snippet: It's scandalous and shameful that thousands of people with mental health problems, including children, are being locked up in police cells because children can't get the care children need,' MailOnline said. '
article_snippet: Across the UK last year, 7,000 people with mental health problems ended up being held in police cells, according to mental health charity Rethink Mental Illness . '
highlights_snippet: Almost 200 mental health patients detained in police cells in Wiltshire .
  
highlights_snippet: Nationally, 7,000 mental health patients were held in police cells last year .
  