Psychiatric Patients
(asked on 24th October 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients in inpatient mental health facilities have been held in such facilities for (a) up to three months; (b) three to six months, (c) six months to one year, (d) one to two years, (e) two to five years, (f) five to 10 years and (g) 10 years or more.
Information on the number of people in mental health inpatient services at the end of July 2019 is shown in the following table. The length of stay of an individual patient is influenced by many factors but the aim is always to have as short a stay as possible in an inpatient setting with patients returning home and having support from community-based services.
Length of stay | Age group (years) | |
Under 18 | 18 and over | |
England | 950 | 21,665 |
Less than 3 months | 561 | 10,204 |
3 months and less than 6 months | 195 | 2,626 |
6 months and less than 12 months | 132 | 2,487 |
12 months and less than 2 years | 52 | 2,354 |
2 years and less than 5 years | 10 | 2,500 |
5 years and less than 10 years | 0 | 1,070 |
10 years or more | 0 | 424 |
Source: NHS Digital, Mental Health Services Dataset | ||