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Statistics about inpatients formally detained in hospitals 1997-2008
Nov
14
2008
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This annual publication summarises information about people detained under the 1983 Mental Health Act in NHS facilities, including high security psychiatric hospitals, and independent hospitals. A new table has been added this year which provides details of changes in legal status for patients in independent hospitals (Table 7b).
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The following summary information is from the (External)
NHS Information Centre website
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Key facts
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the number of detentions under the Act rose to 47,600 in 2007-08 from 46,500 in 2006-07. Formal admissions rose to 28,100 in 2007-08 from 27,700 in 2006-07
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93 per cent of all formal admissions in 2007-08 were to NHS hospitals. This compares with 92 per cent in 2006-07
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in 2007-08 there were 19,500 detentions after informal admission to hospital, of which 2 per cent took place in an independent hospital. This compares with 18,800 in 2006-07
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the number of Place of Safety Orders involving assessment in hospital increased by 17 per cent from 6,400 in 2006-07 to 7,500 in 2007-08. This followed a 8 per cent rise in 2006-07 and an 16 per cent rise in 2005-06
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in 2007-08, 71 per cent of all place of safety orders in NHS facilities ended in an informal status and this represents a drop from 74 per cent in 2006-07
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court and prison disposals were 1,917 in 2007-08, having risen 3.3 per cent compared to 2006-07 (1,855)
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at 31 March 2008, there were 15,200 patients detained in hospital, of which 12,300 were in NHS facilities and 2,900 in independent hospitals. The number in independent hospitals shows a decrease of 6 per cent from 2006-07.
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