6. Psychiatric hospitals 6.1. Introduction In 2016, representatives of the NMPT visited 17 psychiatric hospitals and wards207. A revisit was also conducted in the Voivodeship Independent Public Psychiatric Hospital in Radecznica. The objective of the visits was to assess the state of observance of the rights of persons who had been placed there against their will, that is: • perpetrators of prohibited acts, placed in psychiatric care institutions within a preventive measure (either a standard measure, or an enhancedsecurity measure); • persons placed in hospitals under Article 23(1), Article 24(1), Article 28 or Article 29(1) of the AMHP, i.e. persons admitted to hospitals without their consent, as well as persons who consented to their placement in a hospital but withdrew the consent during their stay there. 6.2. Systemic problems 1. Insufficient funding of psychiatric wards The problem of insufficient funding by the National Health Fund (hereinafter: NHF) of psychiatric hospital treatment has been raised by the CHR for Psychiatric Ward of the Independent Public Health Care Centre in Radzyń Podlaski (hereinafter referred to as: Radzyń Podlaski hospital), St. Kryzan’s Hospital for Mentally Ill Persons in Starogard Gdański (Starogard Gdański hospital), Non-public Health Care Centre in Lipno, Psychiatric Clinic in Lipno (Lipno hospital), Antoni Jurasz Medical University Hospital no. 1 – Psychiatric Ward in Bydgoszcz (Bydgoszcz hospital), Independent Public Psychiatric Hospital in Radecznica (Radecznica hospital), Public Hospital for Mentally Ill Persons in Rybnik (Rybnik hospital), John Paul II Podhalański Specialist Hospital’s Psychiatric Ward in Nowy Targ (Nowy Targ hospital), Independent Public Health Care Centre at ul. Leśna 22, Psychiatric Ward in Leżajsk (Leżajsk hospital), Świętokrzyskie Psychiatric Care Centre in Morawica (Morawica hospital), Psychiatric Ward of the Regional Hospital in Kołobrzeg (Kołobrzeg hospital), Pabianice Medical Centre’s Psychiatric Ward (Pabianice hospital), Voivodeship Hospital for Mentally Ill Persons in Suchowola (Suchowola hospital), Psychiatric Ward of the 105th Military Hospital in Żary (Żary hospital), Psychiatric Ward of the Specialist Hospital in Kościerzyna (Kościerzyna hospital), Psychiatric Ward of the Independent Public Health Care Centre in Lębork (Lębork hospital), Psychiatric Ward of the District Hospital in Chrzanów (Chrzanów hospital), Psychiatric Ward of the Głuchołazy Independent Public Health Care Centre (Głuchołazy hospital). 207 68