Psychiatric Patients

(asked on 29th August 2025) - View Source
Questioner
James McMurdock Portrait
James McMurdock
(Independent - South Basildon and East Thurrock)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of mental health inpatients discharged between 2024 and 2025 were readmitted within (a) 30 and (b) 90 days of discharge, broken down by age group.

Answered by
Zubir Ahmed Portrait
Zubir Ahmed
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 17th November 2025

The following table shows the information requested for inpatients discharged between January 2024 and December 2024 in England:

Age band

Discharges eligible for readmission

Readmissions within 30 days of discharge

Readmissions within 90 days of discharge

Proportion of discharges readmitted within 30 days

Proportion of discharges readmitted within 90 days

0-17

4,134

1,468

1,925

35.5%

46.6%

18-24

10,912

1,868

3,068

17.1%

28.1%

25-34

18,806

2,414

4,156

12.8%

22.1%

35-44

16,742

1,785

3,270

10.7%

19.5%

45-54

12,615

1,177

2,210

9.3%

17.5%

55-64

10,286

910

1,704

8.8%

16.6%

65+

13,273

761

1,417

5.7%

10.7%

Missing/Invalid records

2

0

0

0.0%

0.0%

Total

86,770

10,383

17,750

12.0%

20.5%

Source: Mental Health Services Dataset, NHS England

Notes:

  1. The age band is calculated based on the patient's age at the time of the previous discharge.

  1. The number of discharges eligible for readmission covers all discharges from hospital in the reporting period that meet the following criteria:
    1. Method of discharge from hospital was NOT the patient dying, discharging themselves, or being discharged by a relative or advocate.
    2. Destination of discharge from hospital was NOT a high security of psychiatric hospital or accommodation, a medium secure unit, or an Independent Sector Healthcare Provider run hospital.

  1. The number or readmissions within 30 or 90 days of discharge covers all next earliest admissions to hospital following a patient's eligible discharge. Number of days is calculated using the start date of the new admission and the discharge date of the previous discharge.
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