Mental Health Services
(asked on 28th November 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mental health beds were available in NHS England in each of the last five years.
The Department has received a small number of representations on the number of mental health beds in NHS England through parliamentary questions, Ministerial correspondence and media inquiries, notably the BBC.
Occupancy data for all mental health beds is available from Q1 2010-11 on a quarterly basis.
Period | Average Daily Available Beds | Occupied Bed Days | Occupied (%) | |
2010-11 | Q1 | 23,515 | 20,470 | 87.1% |
2010-11 | Q2 | 22,929 | 19,878 | 86.7% |
2010-11 | Q3 | 23,740 | 20,400 | 85.9% |
2010-11 | Q4 | 23,607 | 20,456 | 86.6% |
2011-12 | Q1 | 23,253 | 20,178 | 86.8% |
2011-12 | Q2 | 23,208 | 20,139 | 86.8% |
2011-12 | Q3 | 23,016 | 20,079 | 87.2% |
2011-12 | Q4 | 23,121 | 20,171 | 87.2% |
2012-13 | Q1 | 22,550 | 19,732 | 87.5% |
2012-13 | Q2 | 22,269 | 19,663 | 88.3% |
2012-13 | Q3 | 22,496 | 19,610 | 87.2% |
2012-13 | Q4 | 22,268 | 19,728 | 88.6% |
2013-14 | Q1 | 22,109 | 19,527 | 88.3% |
2013-14 | Q2 | 22,025 | 19,653 | 89.2% |
2013-14 | Q3 | 21,931 | 19,313 | 88.1% |
2013-14 | Q4 | 21,731 | 19,246 | 88.6% |
2014-15 | Q1 | 21,822 | 19,557 | 89.6% |
2014-15 | Q2 | 21,639 | 19,376 | 89.5% |
The table shows the number of mental health beds available in England in each of the last five years, by quarter.
In Quarter 2 (July to September) 2013-14 there were on average 22,025 available beds daily, compared to 21,639 in Quarter 2 2014-15, a reduction of 386 (1.8%).
It is for local clinical commissioning groups to commission the mental health services, including inpatient beds, to meet the mental health needs of their local population
The 2014-15 Mandate to NHS England expects every community to have plans to ensure no one in mental health crisis will be turned away, based on the principles set out in the Crisis Care Concordat.
The Government has made it clear that beds must always be available for those who need them.