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01/04/2019

With a report on the scandal of vulnerable patients locked in secure patient units for years.

With a report on the scandal of vulnerable patients locked in secure patient units for years. Their parents don’t know how to get them out. One family, whose daughter has been in secure units for seven years, was so desperate to escape she swallowed a toothbrush.

After police were given new stop and search powers, the government is now discussing whether to impose a legal duty on health workers and teachers to report young people at risk - and treat knife crime like a disease.

59 minutes

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Presenter Victoria Derbyshire

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