Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many admissions for in-patient care were made for mental illness in (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands in each of the last five years.
A count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) with a primary diagnosis of mental illness in Birmingham local authority of residence and West Midlands Government office region of residence for the years 2013-14 to 2017-18 is shown in the following tables.
This only includes admissions where the patient was admitted and treated in a hospital.
FAEs with a primary diagnosis of mental illness in Birmingham local authority of residence
Year | FAEs |
2013-14 | 3,965 |
2014-15 | 3,905 |
2015-16 | 3,980 |
2016-17 | 3,800 |
2017-18 | 3,700 |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital
FAEs with a primary diagnosis of mental illness in West Midlands Government office region of residence
Year | FAEs |
2013-14 | 17,490 |
2014-15 | 17,335 |
2015-16 | 17,670 |
2016-17 | 16,250 |
2017-18 | 17,035 |
Source: HES, NHS Digital