Mental Health Services: Hospital Beds
(asked on 7th June 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer of 7 June 2021 to Question 3088 on Mental Health Services: Hospital Beds, how many mental health beds there were in each financial year from (a) 2010 to (b) 2021.
NHS England and NHS Improvement hold information on mental health beds classified as consultant-led only, which is shown in the following table.
Year | Consultant-led mental health beds |
2010/11 | 23,447 |
2011/12 | 23,149 |
2012/13 | 22,396 |
2013/14 | 21,950 |
2014/15 | 21,547 |
2015/16 | 19,045 |
2016/17 | 18,731 |
2017/18 | 18,295 |
2018/19 | 18,366 |
2019/20 | 18,171 |
2020/21 | 17,610 |
Source: KH03 data collection, NHS England and NHS Improvement
Note:
The figures are averages across the year, calculated as weighted averages from the four quarters.
Since 2009/10, many trusts have started classifying some mental illness beds as non-consultant-led. Information on these beds is not collected centrally.