Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North)
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.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
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
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on how many occasions were no mental health beds available for in-patient admissions in (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands in each of the last five years.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
The information requested is not collected centrally.
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) available and (b) occupied beds for mental illness were open overnight under the care of consultants in (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands on average in each of the last five years.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
The information is not held in the format requested and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for medical services for homeless people in Birmingham after the contract for primary care services for homeless people ends in March 2019; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
There is a dedicated and specialist service for homeless people, and rough sleepers, in central Birmingham. To allow the clinical commissioning group (CCG) to design a service that fully meets the needs of this community, the CCG’s Primary Care Committee have agreed an extension of the current contract. The current service will remain in place until a new contract is awarded. The CCG will carefully monitor the quality of the services provided. A health service for homeless people in Birmingham will be developed and procured within the next two years.
In addition to a bespoke general practitioner (GP) practice for homeless people in Birmingham, all homeless patients have the right to register with any GP practice that is local to them.
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Care Quality Commission report on medical services for homeless citizens in Birmingham of October 2018, when he plans to re-tender the service; and if if he will lay a copy of the specification for that service in the Library.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
There is a dedicated and specialist service for homeless people, and rough sleepers, in central Birmingham. To allow the clinical commissioning group (CCG) to design a service that fully meets the needs of this community, the CCG’s Primary Care Committee have agreed an extension of the current contract. The current service will remain in place until a new contract is awarded. The CCG will carefully monitor the quality of the services provided. A health service for homeless people in Birmingham will be developed and procured within the next two years.
In addition to a bespoke general practitioner (GP) practice for homeless people in Birmingham, all homeless patients have the right to register with any GP practice that is local to them.
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people under the age of 18 have presented at A&E departments requiring treatment for self-harm in CCG areas covering the (a) Greater Birmingham (b) the West Midlands metro area in each of the last five years.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
The information is not available in the format requested.
NHS Digital Hospital Episode Statistics record the number of attendances to accident and emergency for deliberate self-harm for under 18s, by clinical commissioning group (CCGs) of usual residence in Greater Birmingham and the West Midlands, for the years 2013-14 to 2017-18. Data collected does not necessarily reflect where a patient was treated as they may have travelled to another area for treatment.
| 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 |
Total in Greater Birmingham | 145 | 130 | 155 | 140 | 75 |
Total in West Midlands (excluding Greater Birmingham) | 975 | 935 | 1,000 | 1,060 | 860 |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (NHS Digital)
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people under the age of 18 have presented at A&E in need of treatment for self-harm at hospitals in the (a) Greater Birmingham area (b) the west Midlands metro area in each of the last five years.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
The information is not available in the format requested.
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the lead organisation is for the commissioning of residential child and adolescent mental health services in east Birmingham.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
Children and adolescent mental health inpatient services in East Birmingham are commissioned by NHS England.
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people under the age of 18 have presented at A&E in need of treatment for self-harm at hospitals in the Greater Birmingham area in each of the last five years.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the following table.
Count of accident and emergency (A&E) attendances1 with an A&E patient group of self-harm, within the Birmingham area2, for patients aged between 0 and 17, 2012-13 to 2016-17.
Financial year | Attendances |
2012-13 | 207 |
2013-14 | 253 |
2014-15 | 219 |
2015-16 | 238 |
2016-17 | 219 |
Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital
Notes:
- NHS Birmingham South and Central CCG;
- NHS Birmingham CrossCity CCG; and
- NHS Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG.
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of young people's mental health services in Birmingham.
Answered by Jackie Doyle-Price
Information about performance against key mental health access and waiting times measures for clinical commissioning groups (CCG) in Birmingham is published in the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health Dashboard. The most recent information available for measures for mental health services for children and young people for Birmingham CrossCity CCG, Birmingham South Central CCG and Sandwell and West Birmingham is shown in the following table. The Dashboard gives more information on how to interpret these statistics, providing trend data as well as indicators showing what constitutes a positive measure.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspects both community and inpatient mental health services. Its reports and ratings provide information that helps the Department and public understand the quality of care. Its reports are published on the CQC website at the following link:
https://www.cqc.org.uk/publications
Birmingham CrossCity CCG, Birmingham South Central CCG and Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG -Data for Q1-Q2 2017/18
Indicator* - Please see the Metadata tab for further details on the indicators | Reporting period | Birmingham CrossCity CCG Indicator value | Birmingham South Central CCG Indicator value | Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG Indicator value |
Percentage of children and young people with eating disorders seen within one week (urgent) | Q3 2016/17 - Q2 2017/18 | 83.3% | 100% | 80.1% |
Percentage of children and young people with eating disorders seen within four weeks (routine) | Q3 2016/17 - Q2 2017/18 | 75.5% | 77.6% | 72.1% |
Number of bed days for children and young people aged under 18 in child and adolescent mental health services tier 4 wards | Q1-Q2 2017/18 | 4,041 | 1,026 | 1,239 |
Number of admissions of children and young people aged under 18 in child and adolescent mental health services tier 4 wards | Q1-Q2 2017/18 | 40 | 7 | 10 |
Children and young people aged mental health planned CCG spend - excluding learning disabilities and eating disorders | 2017/18 | £8.9 million | £5.0 million | £7.3 million |
Children and young people mental health planned CCG spend - eating disorders | 2017/18 | £1.5 million | £446,000 | £987,000 |
Source: https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/mental-health-five-year-forward-view-dashboard/