The waiting list for inpatient psychiatric services hit zero. Will it last? New Hampshire Hospital in Concord as seen on Tuesday, July 5, 2016. (ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff) Elizabeth Frantz Published: 6/9/2021 4:36:39 PM This week, the number of adults waiting in hospital emergency departments for psychiatric treatment dropped to zero for the first time in more than a year. The state cleared the waiting list by offering a $45,000 per bed incentive for nursing homes willing to house geriatric patients from New Hampshire Hospital. This move opened up 25 beds for those waiting in hospital emergency rooms. The Department of Health has faced pressure to rapidly clear patients from emergency rooms after the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled last month that psychiatric patients being held involuntarily in emergency rooms must be given a chance to contest their detention within three days of their arrival.