Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many specialist mental health beds are available to patients in England at (a) March 2018 and (b) October 2018.
The following table shows the number of specialist Mother and Baby Units (MBUs) and consultant led mental health beds in April and October 2018.
| April 2018 | October 2018 |
Mother and Baby Units (MBU) | 15 | 311 |
Consultant led mental health beds2 | 18,082 | 18,394 |
Notes:
1. This number includes the MBU at Chorley which is due to open at the end of October 2018.
2. Figures for consultant led mental health beds are from Q4 2017/18 and Q2 2018/19 from NHS Digital KH03 collection.