4 in 10 people sleeping rough have a mental health problem – UK scandal

St Mungo’s quote government figures that there is a shocking 30% increase in the number of people sleeping rough – that's over 3,500 people rough sleeping on any one night in 2015.

But the scandal doesn't end there. St Mungo's research shows that around 4 in 10 people sleeping rough have a mental health problem, rising to over half of rough sleepers from the UK.

Worse still, people are ending up sleeping rough soon after being discharged from mental health hospitals

Rough sleepers with a mental health problem are over 50 per cent more likely to spend more than a year sleeping rough than those without mental health problems - a dangerous situation that ruins lives.

St Mungo’s: http://www.mungos.org/

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