Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Leicester East
(asked on 13th July 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been sectioned under mental health legislation in Leicester East constituency in each of the last four years.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The information requested has been provided for Leicester City Council, as the nearest equivalent to the Leicester East constituency for which data is held.
| Number of detentions under the Mental Health Act | Number of people subject to detention |
2018/19 | 380 | 335 |
2019/20 | 425 | 385 |
2020/21 | 470 | 420 |
2021/22 | 420 | 375 |
Source: NHS England
The difference between the number of detentions and the number of people subject to detention is due to patients who have been repeatedly detained.
Notes:
- The number of detentions under the Mental Health Act does not include uses of section 136 where the place of safety was a police station.
- Data after March 2022 were impacted by a cyber incident, so have not been included.