Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Children
(asked on 17th January 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of health-based places of safety which accept people under the age of 16.
This question was answered on 22nd January 2018
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) conducts its own survey annually regarding locations of places of safety. 109 out of 163 health based places of safety accept people under the age of 16.
Source: Map of health based places of safety, CQC. http://www.cqc.org.uk/help-advice/mental-health-capacity/map-health-based-places-safety