PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Psychiatric Hospitals: Admissions (8 February 2023)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data does his Department holds on the number of people with mental health needs held in long-stay inpatient hospitals.

Asked by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)

Answer

The information requested is not collected centrally. The mental health services data set includes a number of measures relating to length of stay in hospital. Information includes data by age ranges and length of stay, and is available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/mental-health-services-monthly-statistics

Information on the number of patients detained under the Mental Health Act is published by the Care Quality Commission in their report Monitoring the Mental Health Act, which is available at the following link:

https://www.cqc.org.uk/publications/monitoring-mental-health-act/2021-2022


Answered by:
Maria Caulfield (Conservative)
21 February 2023

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