I have to say that cuts in funding hit mental health services very hard. In our area of the UK, mental health nurses now visit patients in their homes rather than the patients having to attend a facility. There are horror stories of nurses being attacked while on the job. Supposedly, our government tells us this is caring within the community - a way of getting people to front line services. But every assessment, a nurse is walking into a patient's home to unknown risks too.
Strangely though, the NHS has sold off many of its properties, closed facilities communities have fought to keep open, and rent other buildings with a hefty price tag.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-25230298
**Sorry for the kinda O/T - it just didn't surprise me they'd look to outpatient to avoid a 6 month wait, which also doesn't surprise me, because our own mental health services are under such severe strain too. JMO**