Psychiatric Hospitals: Children and Young People
(asked on 20th February 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Manzoor on 29 January (HL12882), in what format the information requested, or similar information, is available.
National data on the number of mental health inpatient beds for children and young people is available from 2013/14 onwards is shown in the following table.
Year | Number of mental health inpatient beds for children and young people |
2013/14 | 1,343 |
2014/15 | 1,386 |
2015/16 | 1,442 |
2016/17 | 1,449 |
2017/18 | 1,465 |
As of 1 April 2018 | 1,503 |
Source: NHS England management information.
Data on mental health inpatient beds for children and young people is available by region from 2016/17 onwards, and is shown for the North West and East Midlands areas in the following table.
Year | Number of mental health inpatient beds for children and young people | |
| North West1 | East Midlands2 |
2016/17 | 210 | 131 |
2017/18 | 210 | 131 |
2018/19 (April) | 210 | 131 |
2018/19 (December) | 210 | 151 |
Source: NHS England management information
1 Includes Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire.
2 Includes Derbyshire.
Information for December 2018/19 has been included in order to reflect changes in the area covered by the East Midlands category.