Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients
(asked on 7th December 2020) - View Source
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 (a) people with learning disabilities and/or autism and (b) other people were held in locked mental health rehabilitation facilities in England in (i) 2018, (ii) 2019 and (iii) 2020.
The latest information available on the number of inpatients in England with a learning disability or autistic people by ward type is set out in the following table.
Inpatient setting | March 2018 | % of patients | March 2019 | % of patients | March 2020 | % of patients |
Secure forensic | 1,155 | 49% | 1,085 | 48% | 985 | 47% |
Acute learning disability | 375 | 16% | 345 | 15% | 315 | 15% |
Acute generic mental illness | 230 | 10% | 285 | 13% | 285 | 14% |
Forensic rehabilitation | 115 | 5% | 105 | 5% | 110 | 5% |
Complex care/rehabilitation | 315 | 13% | 280 | 12% | 245 | 12% |
Other specialist | 60 | 2% | 50 | 2% | 45 | 2% |
Other | 115 | 5% | 105 | 5% | 115 | 5% |
Source: Assuring Transformation Data, NHS Digital.
The data excludes revisions made by providers after the data was initially collated and the data between years is therefore not directly comparable.
The information relating to the proportion of other people in locked mental health rehabilitation facilities in England is not available in the format requested and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.